Session 12 CANCELLED: Risk Communication, Risk Perception, and Decision-Making

Thursday, 10 January 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
North 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Matthew B. Paulus, NCAR, EOL, Boulder, CO and Vanessa Marie Vincente, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

The dynamic and evolving nature of weather dangers necessitates a clear understanding of how risk communication might can be employed in a variety of modalities, mechanisms, and circumstances. Likewise, successful communication is dependent on the ways people perceive risk and their abilities to make decisions. This session will focus on research taken from a variety of weather events to encourage discussion about the content, context, and complexities of risk.

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