MAKING IT REAL: WHAT RISK MANAGERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Melanie Muro, Steve E. Hrudey, Simon Jude (), Linda Heath and Simon Pollard
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Melanie Muro: The Collaborative Centre of Excellence in Understanding and Managing Natural and Environmental Risks, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom
Steve E. Hrudey: Environmental Toxicology Division, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G3, Canada
Simon Jude: The Collaborative Centre of Excellence in Understanding and Managing Natural and Environmental Risks, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom
Linda Heath: Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Mawson Lakes Campus, South Australia 5095, Australia
Simon Pollard: The Collaborative Centre of Excellence in Understanding and Managing Natural and Environmental Risks, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2012, vol. 14, issue 02, 1-21

Abstract: The "decide-announce-defend" approach to decision-making offers few meaningful opportunities for engagement in decision processes and communities and individuals frequently feel isolated from decisions. Correspondingly, many practitioners believe science is misunderstood by communities and that messages on risk are susceptible to distortion or misrepresentation. Many voices have called for more inclusive approaches to the analysis and management of risk. Here, we draw on theoretical and practical insights from the fields of risk communication, community engagement and contaminated land management, to explore some of the unique issues involved in communicating risk issues to lay audiences, and to identify principles for engaging communities in contaminated land risk management.

Keywords: Risk management; risk assessment; contaminated land; community engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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