Journal of Risk Research

1998 - 2024

Current editor(s): Bryan MacGregor

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Volume 7, issue 7-8, 2004

A model for evaluating extreme risks with stochastic sustainability criteria: a case study of soil remediation on landfill sites pp. 689-704

Koji Nakau

Thinking the unthinkable -- the end of the Dutch river dike system? Exploring a new safety concept for the river management pp. 745-757

Bert Enserink

Perceived health risks and perceptions of expert consensus in modern food society pp. 759-774

Anne Haukenes

Factors determining residents’ preparedness for floods in modern megalopolises: the case of the Tokai flood disaster in Japan pp. 775-787

Kenji Takao, Tadahiro Motoyoshi, Teruko Sato, Teruki Fukuzondo, Kami Seo and Saburo Ikeda

A situational analysis of how barriers to systemic failure are undermined during accident sequences pp. 811-826

J. S. Busby, P. W. H. Chung and Quan Wen

Volume 7, issue 6, 2004

A framework for risk criteria for critical infrastructures: fundamentals and case studies in the Netherlands pp. 569-579

J. (Han) K. Vrijling, Pieter H. A. J. M. van Gelder, Louis H. J. Goossens, Hessel G. Voortman and Mahesh D. Pandey

Volume 7, issue 5, 2004

Fish consumption advisories: knowledge, compliance and why people fish in an urban estuary pp. 463-479

Joanna Burger

Did they get it? Examining the goals of risk communication within the Seveso II Directive in a Swedish context pp. 495-506

Misse Wester-Herber and Lars-Erik Warg

Volume 7, issue 4, 2004

Editorial: The Risk Society thesis in environmental politics and management -- a global perspective pp. 371-376

Dirk Matten

The impact of the risk society thesis on environmental politics and management in a globalizing economy -- principles, proficiency, perspectives pp. 377-398

Dirk Matten

Managing toxic chemicals in Australia: a regional analysis of the risk society pp. 399-412

Suzanne Benn

Transitions in environmental risk in a transitional economy: management capability and community trust in Russia pp. 413-429

Jo Crotty and Andrew Crane

Communities as informal regulators: new arrangements in industrial pollution control in Viet Nam pp. 431-444

Phung Thuy Phuong and Arthur P. J. Mol

Regimes of risk management in corporate annual reports: a case-study of one globalizing Australian company pp. 445-460

Dallas Hanson and Robert White

Volume 7, issue 3, 2004

A ‘post-foundational’ interpretation of risk: risk as ‘performance’ pp. 277-296

Stephen Healy

Social risk management and the World Bank: resetting the ‘standards’ for social security? pp. 297-314

Roddy Mckinnon

The nature of risk pp. 315-352

S. M. Macgill and Y. L. Siu

Fallacies of risk pp. 353-360

Sven Ove Hansson

Volume 7, issue 2, 2004

Editorial: what are the new perspectives on siting controversy? pp. 99-100

Åsa Boholm

Siting, sustainable development and social priorities pp. 101-114

Susan Owens

Barriers to participation and deliberation in risk decisions: evidence from waste management pp. 115-133

Judith Petts

Some principles for siting controversy decisions: lessons from the US experience with high level nuclear waste pp. 135-152

James F. Short, Jr and Eugene A. Rosa

Can we learn from failure? Examining US experiences with nuclear repository siting pp. 153-169

William R. Freudenburg

‘If we have wrong perceptions of our area, we cannot be surprised if others do as well.’ Representing risk in Teesside's environmental politics pp. 171-184

Peter Phillimore and Suzanne Moffatt

The effects of environmental uncertainty on farmers' sense of locality and futurity: a Swedish case study pp. 185-197

Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist

Risk, transparency and cover up: media narratives and cultural resonance pp. 199-211

Celio Ferreira

Pollution concerns in context: a comparison of local perceptions of the risks associated with living close to a road and a chemical factory pp. 213-232

Kate Burningham and Diana Thrush

Sustainable innovation and the siting dilemma: thoughts on the stigmatization of projects and proponents, good and bad pp. 233-250

Michael R. Edelstein

On the right track? Technology, geology and society in Swedish nuclear waste management pp. 251-268

Rolf Lidskog and Göran Sundqvist

On the application of rights-based moral theories to siting controversies pp. 269-275

Martin Peterson and Sven Ove Hansson

Volume 7, issue 1, 2004

Editorial pp. 1-1

Ragnar Löfstedt

Experience-based processing of risk information: the case of the millennium bug pp. 3-16

Margôt Kuttschreuter and Jan M. Gutteling

Risk as politics, culture as power pp. 17-32

James Tansey

Transparency of environmental decision making: a case study of soil cleanup inside the Hanford 100 area pp. 33-71

Christina H. Drew and Timothy L. Nyerges

The British 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis: a comparative study of public risk perceptions, trust and beliefs about government policy in two communities pp. 73-90

Wouter Poortinga, Karen Bickerstaff, Ian Langford, Jörg Niewöhner and Nick Pidgeon

Volume 6, issue 4-6, 2003

Section 1. Introduction to the project pp. 291-293

Angela Wilkinson

Section 2. A brief introduction to building and using scenarios pp. 295-296

Angela Wilkinson and Esther Eidinow

Section 3. Riskworld scenarios pp. 297-334

Angela Wilkinson, Shirin Elahi and Esther Eidinow

Section 4. Comparison and implications pp. 335-340

Angela Wilkinson, Shirin Elahi and Esther Eidinow

Section 5. Summary and reflections pp. 341-342

Angela Wilkinson, Shirin Elahi and Esther Eidinow

Section 1. Description of the Riskworld project process pp. 343-364

Angela Wilkinson and Shirin Elahi

Section 2. Background and dynamics of the scenarios pp. 365-401

Angela Wilkinson, Shirin Elahi and Esther Eidinow

Volume 6, issue 3, 2003

Distal factors in risk perception pp. 187-211

Lennart Sjöberg

Risk-based regulation of technical risks: lessons learnt from case studies in Switzerland pp. 213-231

Thomas Flüeler and Hansjörg Seiler

Closed circuit television systems: a failure in risk communication? pp. 233-251

John Hood

Risk in the redwoods: contending for normalcy in timber country pp. 253-266

Debra J. Davidson

Public perception of scientific uncertainty in relation to food hazards pp. 267-283

Susan Miles and Lynn J. Frewer

Review essay: Organizational accidents and human error pp. 285-288

David M. Clarke

Volume 6, issue 2, 2003

Methodological development in medical technology assessment: the prospective approach pp. 95-112

Claus Møldrup, Janine Morgall Traulsen and Jonathan Peck

The role of Expected Value illustrated in decision-making under risk: single-play vs multiple-play pp. 113-124

Shu Li

Local environmental concerns among communities in North-East England and South Hessen, Germany: the influence of proximity to industry pp. 125-144

Suzanne Moffatt, Birgitt Hoeldke and Tanja Pless-Mulloli

Trust and community building in the Doñana (Spain) toxic spill disaster pp. 145-162

David Sauri, Virgínia Domingo and Ana Romero

A statistical review of the risk associated with offshore support vessel/platform encounters in UK waters pp. 163-177

How Sing Sii, Jin Wang and Tom Ruxton

Volume 6, issue 1, 2003

Editorial pp. 1-1

Ragnar Löfstedt

Improving the incentives for toxicity testing pp. 3-21

Sven Ove Hansson and Christina Rudén

Risk ratings that do not measure probabilities pp. 23-43

W Viscusi and Jahn Hakes

Perception of gene technology, and food risks: results of a survey in Switzerland pp. 45-60

Michael Siegrist

Risk management under wraps: self-regulation and the case of food contact plastics pp. 61-74

Henry Rothstein

The views of scientific experts on how the public conceptualize uncertainty pp. 75-85

Lynn Frewer, Steve Hunt, Mary Brennan, Sharron Kuznesof, Mitchell Ness and Chris Ritson