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安全・安心な社会を目指して
Towards the Establishment of Safety and Security based Society

北野 大
Masaru Kitano

Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Abstract:

In the 20^th century, we tried to establish our society to be safety. In the 21^th century, sense of security must be added to the safety. What is the difference between safety and sense of security? Former is objective, on the other hand later is subjective. Risk communication is a bridge which connects these two concepts. The most important issue to be considered in risk communication is trust. Without trust, risk communication does not work among participants.

Keywords: safety, sense of security, risk, trust, risk communication

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