Risk as Feelings and Perception Matters: The Role of Risk Perception in Environmental Decisions
Title:
Risk as Feelings and Perception Matters: The Role of Risk Perception in Environmental Decisions
Publication Type
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Audiovisual
Series Title
:
Finance, Geography and Sustainability Workshops
Publisher
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Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT
Year of Publication
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2017
Authors:
Lawrence Susskind
Elke Weber
Publication Language
:
eng
Abstract
:
In the fourth panel of presenters for the Finance, Geography and Sustainability Workshops, Elke Weber, Professor in Energy and the Environment and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor or Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT discuss how individuals construction and measure risks, and how an understanding of these feelings of risk can be applied to climate change decisions.
