Managing Risk Assessment Stakeholder Engagement Processes: A Case Study

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dc.contributor.advisorBaecher, Gregen_US
dc.contributor.authorLeveridge, M. Dianneen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-06T06:43:26Z
dc.date.available2015-02-06T06:43:26Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractRisk engineers conduct comprehensive risk assessments for many types of large projects, often singularly focused on the technical assessment and its value to the technical engineering team. Limiting or excluding community stakeholder involvement from the assessment process increases stakeholder skepticism, apprehension, and mistrust regarding safety, health and welfare of those stakeholders living or working nearby. Social experts have repeatedly documented connections between perception framing, communication processes, and risks. This research considers the connections between stakeholder perceptions and communication plans associated with risks listed in the risk register, and communication plans designed based upon including social expert suggestions for six projects: three bio-safety laboratories; two levee system assessment projects; and one Superfund site. The project risk assessment value is researched through the lens of risk perception and communication planning via the risk register. The concept of a Risk Perception Management (RPM) Plan developed in collaboration with social science experts and integrated with the risk register is presented. This research shows how the RPM concept iteratively captures stakeholder perceptions to build associated communication plans, thus increasing risk assessment value for stakeholders and decision-makers.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2TC8X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16193
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPerception Managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledProject Managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRisk assessmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRisk communicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRisk managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStakeholder managementen_US
dc.titleManaging Risk Assessment Stakeholder Engagement Processes: A Case Studyen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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