Faulty Environments and Risk Reasoning
The Local Understanding of Industrial Hazards
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4138646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alec Irwin (0000-0002-7407-2977, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, corresponding author), Peter Simmons (0000-0003-1078-3101, Lancaster University, corresponding author), Gordon Walker (0000-0002-5278-6792, University of Staffordshire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1311-1326 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a311311 |
| OpenAlex | W2011069953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 88 |
| References cited | 16 |
Building upon a detailed empirical analysis of the local understanding of hazards in one geographical area, in this paper we offer a critique of both the psychometric and 'risk society' approaches to the relationship between lay and scientific groups. Specifically, we explore the connection between lay understandings of risk and the contexts of their development and application with regard to one industrial hazard site in northeast England. Rather than presenting local knowledges as fixed or separable from cultural practices and social worldviews, we examine the relational and active construction of environmental understandings-noting the significance of such factors as local memory, observation and evidence, definitions of expertise, risk and credibility, and moral discourses. The paper concludes with a discussion of the relationship between knowledge, understanding, and context. We also consider the wider significance of this case study both for environmental policy and for more theoretical treatments of science and its publics
Credibility · Epistemology · Geography · Hazard · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Disaster Management and Resilience · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 88 |
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| Citations per year | 3,38 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |