Bøger om Environmental risk assessment

Making Better Environmental Decisions (Paperback)

An Alternative to Risk Assessment

For the past quarter-century, government and the private sector have relied heavily on risk assessment for making decisions, allowing widespread environmental deterioration. In this book, Mary O'Brien...
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Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle (Paperback)

Challenges the claim that the precautionary principle is an appropriate guide to public policy decision-making in the face of uncertainty. This book provides discussion of issues and scientific contro...
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Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment (Hardback)

A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere

Describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. This title offers a framework that allows people to master the problems associated with LCA: the d...
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Risk in the Modern Age (Hardback)

Social Theory, Science and Environmental Decision-making

From nuclear power to food safety, scientific experts and members of the lay public differ sharply on the assessment of risk. Is there any way to bridge the divide between these competing epistemologi...
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Risky Business (Hardback)

Nuclear Power and Public Protest in Canada

72.00 illustrations...
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Natural Hazards and Disasters (Paperback)

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Global Catastrophes and Trends (Hardback)

The Next Fifty Years

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years--whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends. 74 figures, 74 fi...
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Probabilistic Techniques in Exposure Assessment (Hardback)

A Handbook for Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty in Models and Inputs

Provides an introduction to the practical tools for addressing variability and uncertainty in support of environmental and human health decision making. This volume features 151 graphs, plots, charts,...
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Implementing the Precautionary Principle (Hardback)

Perspectives And Prospects

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