Integrated risk governance of a termite urban pest, challenges in risk communication: mediating conflicts in a public decision process

Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura; São Marcos, Rita; Gabriel, Rosalina; Borges, Paulo A. V.

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Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura

São Marcos, Rita

Gabriel, Rosalina

Borges, Paulo A. V.

Abstract(s)

"Nowadays termites are among the urban pests that cause more damage worldwide (Borges& Myles, 2007) it’s aggressiveness is internationally recognized by invisibly consuming houses’ infra-structures, furniture, books, clothes, statuary and other wood artefacts. The species is well established in the United States, Brazil and in the Portuguese Atlantic islands of the Azores where it has had greater impact. The occurrence of the drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis, was only officially detected for the first time in 2002, at a moment when the pest had already infested large areas of the three major cities of the archipelago: Angra do Heroísmo, Ponta Delgada and Horta In the present time, the drywood termite is considered the most dangerous urban pest in the Azores and its economical and patrimonial impacts have raised considerable concern from citizens and the scientific community (Borges& Myles, 2007).Also alarming is the first record of Cryptotermes brevis in one building in Lisbon, since it is the first time that this serious invasive pest was detected in the Portuguese mainland (Nunes, 2010).Being Europe’s front entrance to the pest as there are no policy control measures concerning customs doorway. […]."

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2º CES "Critical Economics" Summer School: Environmental Values and Public Policies. Lousã, Portugal, 12th-15th July 2011.

Keywords

Public Decision Risk Communication Risk Governance Termite Pest

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2419

Citation

Arroz, A. M., São Marcos, R., Gabriel, R., & Borges, P. V. (2011, Julho). "Integrated risk governance of a termite urban pest, challenges in risk communication: mediating conflicts in a public decision process". «2º CES "Critical Economics" Summer School: Environmental Values and Public Policies», Lousã, Portugal, 12th-15th July 2011 (Comunicação).