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Risk to Groundlings of Death Due to Airplane Accidents: A Risk Communication Tool

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  • Bernard D. Goldstein
  • Michele Demak
  • Mary Northridge
  • Daniel Wartenberg

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During the period 1975‐85 in the United States the 70 year lifetime risk of dying from being hit by an airplane when the individual is on the ground was 4.2 per million people. In contrast to many other risks used for comparison purposes, risk to those on the ground from an airplane crash is not a function of our own skills; is not optional; provides no benefit to anyone involved; and is not an act of nature. As a risk comparison tool it also has the useful characteristics of being something about which we can agree that regulatory action, such as control of airplane use and traffic, is warranted; but that no significant change in personal behavior, such as living in the basement to protect against dying from a plane hitting the home, is commensurate with the extent of risk.

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  • Bernard D. Goldstein & Michele Demak & Mary Northridge & Daniel Wartenberg, 1992. "Risk to Groundlings of Death Due to Airplane Accidents: A Risk Communication Tool," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 12(3), pages 339-341, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:12:y:1992:i:3:p:339-341
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1992.tb00685.x
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    1. Kimberly M. Thompson, 2002. "Variability and Uncertainty Meet Risk Management and Risk Communication," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(3), pages 647-654, June.
    2. John D. Graham, 1994. "Time for Congress to Embrace Risk Analysis?," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 139-142, April.
    3. Carl F. Cranor & Adam M. Finkel, 2018. "Toward the usable recognition of individual benefits and costs in regulatory analysis and governance," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 12(1), pages 131-149, March.
    4. Stroup Richard L., 1996. "Property Rights, Justice and Efficient Environmental Policy," Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2-3), pages 1-28, June.

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