Engaging with comparative risk appraisals: public views on policy priorities for environmental risk governance

Rocks, Sophie A., Schubert, Iljana, Soane, Emma ORCID: 0000-0001-6090-1212, Black, Edgar, Muckle, Rachel, Petts, Judith, Prpich, George and Pollard, Simon J. (2017) Engaging with comparative risk appraisals: public views on policy priorities for environmental risk governance. Risk Analysis, 37 (9). 1683 - 1692. ISSN 0272-4332

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Communicating the rationale for allocating resources to manage policy priorities and their risks is challenging. Here, we demonstrate that environmental risks have diverse attributes and locales in their effects that may drive disproportionate responses among citizens. When 2,065 survey participants deployed summary information and their own understanding to assess 12 policy-level environmental risks singularly, their assessment differed from a prior expert assessment. However, participants provided rankings similar to those of experts when these same 12 risks were considered as a group, allowing comparison between the different risks. Following this, when individuals were shown the prior expert assessment of this portfolio, they expressed a moderate level of confidence with the combined expert analysis. These are important findings for the comprehension of policy risks that may be subject to augmentation by climate change, their representation alongside other threats within national risk assessments, and interpretations of agency for public risk management by citizens and others.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15396924
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Authors © CC BY 4.0
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2017 09:01
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2024 08:26
Projects:	FP0101, PREPARE study, EP/G022682/1
Funders:	Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71580

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