The aim of this paper is to build knowledge regarding the consequences, causes, or upon existing theories of risk perception to describe probabilities of such emerging environmental the construction of a model for understanding the health risks to respond through classic risk man- role place plays in the perception of emerging agement strategies (Radandt and Renn 2008; Zinn environmental health ri. [...] The overall theme from this literature quently point to the lack of attention to the is that risk perception outcomes and processes are importance of social, economic, and political con- thoroughly embedded in place-based issues (Bick- text in the process of risk perception and risk erstaff2004). [...] The remainder of this There is an inherent spatiality to the risk construct paper will describe the development and application that emphasizes distance, direction, position, and of a framework that blends existing perspectives on co-location of hazards with other social or physical risk, and contributes to the conceptualization of phenomena (Agnew 2005). [...] The reflexive responsible for risk management (e.g., politicians, relationship is akin to Kasperson and colleagues’ authorities, scientists) and trust in the sources of (1988) description of secondary impacts from risk information based on perceived competence the amplification of risk, encompassing the and honesty of the source (Frewer 1999; Bickerstaff development of stigma, changing political a. [...] of settings—particularly as the (potentially growing) It is important to note that the framework is not number of allergic children of today begin operating meant to replace the existing perspectives for as young adults in the social, economic, and political understanding the social experience of emerging spheres of tomorrow.
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