John Adams
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British academic geographer, risk compensation theorist, environmentalist
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Geography
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John Adams 's Degrees
- Bachelors Geography University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Adams of University College London, is an emeritus professor of geography and theorist on risk compensation. His book Risk is an analysis of how humans assess and respond to perceived risks. Areas of interest
John Adams 's Published Works
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Published Works
- The risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets (2001) (95)
- SMEED'S LAW: SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS (1987) (54)
- Taking Account of Societal Concerns About Risk: Framing the Problem (2002) (51)
- Public Safety Legislation and the Risk Compensation Hypothesis: The Example of Motorcycle Helmet Legislation (1983) (42)
- Closed Borders: the Contemporary Assault on Freedom of Movement (1988) (40)
- 4. Risk and Morality: Three Framing Devices (2003) (34)
- The risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets (2001) (33)
- Evaluating the effectiveness of road safety measures (1988) (32)
- The response of general practitioners to the threat of violence in their practices: results from a qualitative study. (2006) (32)
- …… and How Much for Your Grandmother? (1974) (28)
- After hours care--a qualitative study of GPs' perceptions of risk of violence and effect on service provision. (2005) (20)
- Bicycle helmets (1990) (15)
- The Nature and Development of Mathematics : Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Culture (2017) (13)
- CHILDREN, TRANSPORT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. CHAPTER 7. RISK COMPENSATION AND THE PROBLEM OF MEASURING CHILDREN'S INDEPENDENT MOBILITY AND SAFETY ON THE ROADS (1993) (12)
- Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk (2013) (12)
- THE EFFICACY OF SEAT-BELT LEGISLATION. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITY STATISTICS FROM 18 COUNTRIES (1981) (12)
- Professional burnout - a regulatory perspective. (2011) (10)
- CAR OWNERSHIP FORECASTING: PULL THE LADDER UP, OR CLIMB BACK DOWN? (1990) (9)
- The role of parents/carers in the road safety education of children and youth (2001) (8)
- Charging for countryside recreation: a review with implications for Scotland. (1980) (6)
- ALTERNATIVE POLICIES FOR REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON THE CAR (1997) (3)
- Traffic safety education in Victoria: the benefits of a coordinated approach (2005) (3)
- NO NEED FOR DISCUSSION - THE POLICY IS NOW IN PLACE! (1993) (3)
- How do female lifecourses affect income in retirement (2016) (3)
- Life in a Global Village (1972) (2)
- G309(P) “safety huddles”: multidisciplinary views regarding the purpose and effectiveness of a novel paediatric situational awareness tool (2015) (2)
- The Illinois Veterans Treatment Court Mandate: from Concept to Success (2016) (2)
- G238 “safety huddles”: multidisciplinary views regarding the purpose and effectiveness of a novel paediatric situational awareness tool (2015) (2)
- Moral Instruction and Training in Schools. M. E. Sadler (2)
- SCIENCE AND TERRORISM: CHALLENGES TO THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE RISKS OF TERRORISM (2004) (1)
- Book Review: Recreation Management and Pricing by A. G. BOVAIRD, M. J. TRICKER and R. STOAKES. Aldershot: Gower. 1984. pp. 182. £15.00 (1985) (1)
- Successful Science Communication: Not 100% sure? The ‘public’ understanding of risk (2011) (1)
- Documentation on trial: nine ways to protect your agency. (1999) (1)
- A comment on "charging for countryside recreation: a review with implications for Scotland". Charging for countryside recreation: a review with implications for Scotland: reply. (2 articles). (1981) (1)
- The risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets [Letter] (2001) (1)
- SAFER DRIVING - SAFER FOR WHOM? (1992) (1)
- Economic geography : prepared for State of Missouri, Department of Public Schools (0)
- Southeast Asian refugee adolescent friendship preferences and functions in public high schools (1989) (0)
- Argument before the Supreme Court in the Amistad Case (2001) (0)
- CHAPTER 18: ALTERNATIVE POLICIES FOR REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON THE CAR. FROM THE GREENING OF URBAN TRANSPORT, EDITION 2. (1997) (0)
- Book Review:Moral Instruction and Training in Schools. M. E. Sadler (0)
- Norms & Selective-Exposure Bias -- Test for Downstream effects (2017) (0)
- Woodrow Wilson's point II : the freedom of the seas (2003) (0)
- CHAPTER 7: CAN TECHNOLOGY SAVE US? FROM THE GREENING OF URBAN TRANSPORT, EDITION 2 (1997) (0)
- Anna Wing: 1914-2013 Wartime Red Cross nurse and EastEnders actor (2013) (0)
- Road safety education and training for very young children: a new focus on parents (2000) (0)
- Culture/environment : The impact of society (2017) (0)
- "PROTECTING DRIVERS FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF BAD DRIVING ENCOURAGES BAD DRIVING" SAYS NEW STUDY (1985) (0)
- Road safety training for very young children: a parent/community partnership (2000) (0)
- Seat belts and risk compensation. (1985) (0)
- Developing safe road users for the 2020s (2004) (0)
- Misconceptions of Shakspeare upon the Stage (2019) (0)
- PARKING LOT BEHIND THE GLOUCESTER COUNTY OFFICES AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TWO, 6489 MAIN STREET, GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA: THERE WERE PRESENT: (2004) (0)
- CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO QUANTIFICATION OF RISK WORKING GROUP REPORT (2004) (0)
- Cycling and Safety: Change Must Take Root in People’s Minds (2015) (0)
- Building O.D.C as an Academic Discipline: A Program Director's Perspective (2006) (0)
- Risk and culture (2016) (0)
- Briefing Note 84 - How do female lifecourses affect retirement? (2016) (0)
- 1998 Earlham College Women's Cross Country Roster (1998) (0)
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