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Risk perception and decision-making in minority and marginilized communities

Rivers, Louie, III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1158003491

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Natural Resources.
The United States faces a daunting challenge. The country’s current economic wealth and prosperity is largely based on the use of its considerable natural resources. Unfortunately, there is a well-recorded history of callous and poorly planned use of these resources by the government, industry and individual citizens that has led to the deterioration and pollution of the natural environment. Compounding this problem for many citizens, the country also has a well-recorded history of social and economic marginalization of racial and ethnic minority groups, which has only begun to be addressed in the last fifty years. These two trends—the misuse of the natural environment and segregation of minority populations to the fringes of society—are not always isolated from each other; in many cases, they conspire to create a single, large problem. Marginalized and minority groups’ exposure to a disproportionate amount of the environmental waste produced by society is often higher than it is for the non-minority segments of society. The remediation of this social and environmental crisis will require a concerted effort from multiple segments of society. An important part of this remediation must be the enhanced inclusion of minority and marginalized populations in decision-making processes that are of direct consequence to their communities (e.g., decisions about the placement of industrial facilities in a community or the remediation of a superfund site). This dissertation presents research that addresses this goal (greater inclusion of previously neglected groups in environmental policy decision-making processes) through a tri-dimensional research framework: • The examination of these communities’ perception of risk, • The development of a greater understanding of minority and marginalized populations’ instinctive decision-making processes, • The testing and development of decision aids for these groups.
Virginie Bouchard (Advisor)
183 p.
Environmental Sciences
risk perception; decision making; minority; chronic loss

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  • Rivers, III, L. (2006). Risk perception and decision-making in minority and marginilized communities [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1158003491

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rivers, III, Louie. Risk perception and decision-making in minority and marginilized communities. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1158003491.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rivers, III, Louie. "Risk perception and decision-making in minority and marginilized communities." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1158003491

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