概括
这项研究引入了危险性,技术危险的新概况,使用物理,生物和社会因素. 这种方法更好地捕捉到公众的关注,并有助于优先考虑危险管理策略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 风险评估 风险评估
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 传统的风险评估往往无法捕捉到公众对技术危害的担忧的全部范围.
- 现有的方法可能无法充分解决感知风险的多面性质.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一个称为"危险性"的综合性危险概况.
- 扩大风险评估的传统定义,包括更广泛的描述符.
- 评估危险性的实用性,反映公众的看法和指导危险管理.
主要方法:
- 使用定量物理,生物和社会描述符对技术危害的评估.
- 构建一个超越传统风险定义的危险概况 (危险性).
- 试点实验以测试对危险性概况的感知和理解.
主要成果:
- 在飞行员感知实验中,人们了解了危险性概况.
- 危险性似乎捕捉到了非专业人士对危险的担忧的很大一部分.
- 该概况建议一种结构化的方法来优先考虑危险管理.
结论:
- 危险性为公众对技术风险的看法提供了更完整的表现.
- 这种扩展的风险概况为有效的危险管理优先安排提供了一个有序的框架.
- 这些发现支持在环境政策和公众沟通中使用危险性的技术风险.
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