9781119456117-1119456118-Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks

Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks

ISBN-13: 9781119456117
ISBN-10: 1119456118
Edition: 6
Author: Regina E. Lundgren, Andrea H. McMakin
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
Format: Hardcover 542 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781119456117
ISBN-10: 1119456118
Edition: 6
Author: Regina E. Lundgren, Andrea H. McMakin
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
Format: Hardcover 542 pages

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Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks (ISBN-13: 9781119456117 and ISBN-10: 1119456118), written by authors Regina E. Lundgren, Andrea H. McMakin, was published by Wiley-IEEE Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Environmental Economics (Economics, Sustainable Development, Communications, Business Skills, Networking & Cloud Computing) books. You can easily purchase or rent Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Environmental Economics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $13.55.

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THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK FOR EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, AND HEALTH RISKS, FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED

Now in its sixth edition, Risk Communication has proven to be a valuable resource for people who are tasked with the responsibility of understanding how to apply the most current approaches to care, consensus, and crisis communication. The sixth edition updates the text with fresh and illustrative examples, lessons learned, and recent research as well as provides advice and guidelines for communicating risk information in the United States and other countries.

The authors help readers understand the basic theories and practices of risk communication and explain how to plan an effective strategy and put it into action. The book also contains information on evaluating risk communication efforts and explores how to communicate risk during and after an emergency. Risk Communication brings together in one resource proven scientific research with practical, hands-on guidance from practitioners with over 30 years of experience in the field. This important guide:

  • Provides new examples of communication plans in government and industry, use of social media, dealing with "fake news," and new digital tools for stakeholder involvement and crisis communications
  • Contains a new chapter on partnerships which covers topics such as assigning roles and expectations, ending partnerships, and more
  • Presents real-world case studies with key lessons all risk communicators can apply.

Written for engineers, scientists, professors and students, land use planners, public health practitioners, communication specialists, consultants, and regulators, the revised sixth edition of Risk Communication is the must-have guide for those who communicate risks.

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