Adaptations for Informing Public Risk Management Decisions About Emerging Technologies
ResearchPosted on rand.org Dec 10, 2013Published in: Effective Risk Communication / Edited by Joseph Árvai and Louie Rivers III. Earthscan Risk in Society Series (London: Routledge, 2014), Chapter 10, p. 165-189
In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the 'mental models' methodology, focusing on each step in the initial approach, followed by a discussion of four specific challenges that a practitioner may face when implementing the approach, and strategies for addressing them.
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