An Empirical Study on the Public's Perception of Technology Risk: A Survey Analysis of Beijing Public's Perception of Risk to Waste Incineration Plant

Abstract

In recent years, with the emergence of new technologies, incidents caused by technology occur frequently, and it causes a high degree of public concern. The consequences brought by the application of new technologies cause extreme public panic and worry, mistrust of government, experts, businesses, research institutions and other serious impact on mutual exchange and communication. How to balance the relationship between the interests groups, eliminate the public concern on engineering and technical risk, and improve the level of public's perception of risk, become the most urgent problem. Taking Liulitun incineration plant as an example, this paper surveys and analyzes the public's understanding on relevant technical and engineering construction, and studies the factors that influence public's perceptions of risk. It also explores ways of strengthening the communication channel beteween relevant department and the public so as to improve public's overall perception of risk fundamentally.