96/06669 Perceived ecological risks of global change. A psychometric comparison of causes and consequences
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6701
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✦ Synopsis
Clarifying lay views is a crucial step in characterizing the 'social construct' of global change. The article discusses lay perceptions of ecological risks associated with three global environmental change processes: (a) climate change, (b) ozone depletion, and (c) species loss. A psychometric risk perception study obtained judgements from 68 subjects about 65 ecological risk items in terms of 31 scales. The findings show that sources of the three global change processes (eg refrigeration) are viewed quite differently than are the consequences (eg ozone depletion). 96106677 Process subject to Integrated pollution control. Fuel production and combustion sector (Including ower generatlon). S2 1.01. Combustlon In processes -Large g ollers and furnaces 50MW(th) and over