The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our societys great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life the perception of risk brings together the work of paul slovic one of the worlds leading analysts of risk risk perception and risk management to examine the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions ordered chronologically it allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions from early studies identifying public misconceptions of . Risk perceptions of cc refer to individuals beliefs that cc is brought about by human activities which are problematic for the future myers et al 2013 according to slovic 2000 risk. The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our societys great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life the perception of risk brings together the work of paul slovic one of the worlds leading analysts of risk risk perception and risk management to examine the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions ordered chronologically it allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions from early studies identifying public misconceptions of . Slovic p 2000 the perception of risk risk society and policy series earthscan publications london xxxvii 473 pages has been cited by the following article title reducing seismic risk by understanding its cultural roots inference from an italian case history authors francesco stoppa chiara berti