まとめ
この研究は,物理的,生物的,社会的要因を使用して,技術的な危険に対する新しいプロファイルである危険性を導入します. このアプローチは,公衆の懸念をよりよく捉え,危険管理戦略の優先順位を決めるのに役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- リスク評価 リスク評価
- 社会学 社会学 社会学とは
背景:
- 従来のリスク評価は,技術的危険に関する公衆の懸念の全範囲を捉えることができず,しばしば失敗します.
- 既存の方法は,認識されるリスクの多面性に対応していない可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- "危険性"と呼ばれる包括的な危険プロファイルの開発と評価を行う.
- リスク評価の従来の定義を拡大し,より広範な記述者を組み込むこと.
- 危険性の有用性を評価し,公衆の認識を反映し,危険管理を導く.
主な方法:
- 定量的な物理的,生物的,社会的記述者を用いて技術的危険の評価.
- 伝統的なリスク定義を超えた危険プロファイル (危険性) の構築.
- 危険性プロファイルの認識と理解をテストするためのパイロット実験.
主要な成果:
- 危険性プロフィールは,パイロットの知覚実験で理解されました.
- 危険性は,危険性に関する一般人の懸念の重要な部分を捉えているように見えた.
- プロファイルは,危険管理の優先順位を決めるための構造化された方法を提案しています.
結論:
- 危険性は,技術的なリスクに対する公衆の認識をより完全に表現します.
- この拡張されたリスクプロファイルは,効果的な危険管理の優先順位付けのための秩序ある枠組みを提供します.
- この発見は,環境政策における危険性の使用と,技術的リスクに関する公衆のコミュニケーションを支えるものである.
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