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Risk communication in emergencies

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Communicating Risks to the Public

Part of the book series: Technology, Risk, and Society ((RISKGOSO,volume 4))

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As the diversity of themes in this volume suggests, risk communication covers a broad range of activities. Some of these activities have been developed under the rubric of risk communication programs. Others have existed prior to the development of the risk communication concept. One such activity is providing information and education to the public about natural and technological hazards, including the nature of the hazard, ways of mitigating losses, and protective actions to take in an emergency. A second activity is providing emergency warnings to the public when an event is about to occur or is taking place. Both activities involve communication of risk to the public. Another way of describing these two functions is pre-emergency risk communication and emergency risk communication (see the similar set of distinctions in chapter 2).

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Sorensen, J., Mileti, D. (1991). Risk communication in emergencies. In: Kasperson, R.E., Stallen, P.J.M. (eds) Communicating Risks to the Public. Technology, Risk, and Society, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1952-5_17

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