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Apr 30, 2024
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UST 755 - Environmental Risk and Decision- Making(4 credits)
This course surveys the fundamental concepts involved in environmental risk evaluation and risk-based decision-making. Topics include risk assessment, risk management strategies, modeling, catastrophes, uncertainty, and risk perception. Issues arising from differences in expert and lay cognitive frameworks in the use of science for decision making are highlighted. The course also covers the psychological, economic, political, ethical, and legal ramifications of risk-based policy and administrative decision making.
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