Decision making in the context of environmental risks

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Environmental problems, such as pollution or the destruction of forests, are among the most serious challenges of today’s society. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been given to global phenomena, such as ozone layer depletion and climate change (e.g., Rayner and Malone, 1998a). These phenomena constitute global environmental risks, and it is one of the major problems for scientists as well as for policy makers how to assess, communicate, and manage these risks. Many of these environmental problems are anthropogenic, that is, they originate from human activities. Hence, the ultimate causes of global risks can be found in decision making processes -- on individual, organisational, and societal levels -- that lead to environmentally relevant behavior. Environmental problems arise from the fact that many individual choices are detrimental for the environment in the long run, such as car driving or overfishing, but are hard to change.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDecision making : Social and Creative Dimensions
EditorsCarl Martin Allwood, Marcus Selart
Number of pages23
Place of PublicationDordrecht [u.a.]
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date01.01.2001
Pages89-111
ISBN (print)978-0792368625, 0792368622, 978-9048156719, 9048156718
ISBN (electronic)978-94-015-9827-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2001
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Business psychology - Environmental Risk, Mental Model, Social Dilemma, Environmental Decision, Ozone Layer Depletion

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