Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and EthicsC. Richard Cothern This handbook describes the broad aspects of risk management involving scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. This book presents all the important concepts to enable the reader to "see the big picture." This ability is extremely important - it allows the decision ma |
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... effects (dollars and “dickey birds” 3 ) to show where the priorities are and where one can get the biggest bang for the buck in environmental problem setting. In these experiences, I had to deal with values. Any time you confront issues ...
... effects (dollars and “dickey birds” 3 ) to show where the priorities are and where one can get the biggest bang for the buck in environmental problem setting. In these experiences, I had to deal with values. Any time you confront issues ...
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... effects, one of the problems is, at what level? Is this not an extreme example of overemphasizing pristine ecological conditions? Any analysis of chlorine compounds and their ecological health effects involves risk assessment. When we ...
... effects, one of the problems is, at what level? Is this not an extreme example of overemphasizing pristine ecological conditions? Any analysis of chlorine compounds and their ecological health effects involves risk assessment. When we ...
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... effect, namely, to convince the citizens of intended host regions that the facilities would be safe, as well as being good for the local economy. These finding have proved to be surprisingly consistent, incidentally — not just in the ...
... effect, namely, to convince the citizens of intended host regions that the facilities would be safe, as well as being good for the local economy. These finding have proved to be surprisingly consistent, incidentally — not just in the ...
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... effect of the technique is not so much an increased credibility of decisions , but a reduced credibility for science and technology more broadly . So what is the proper way to respond when the institutions of society , even powerful ...
... effect of the technique is not so much an increased credibility of decisions , but a reduced credibility for science and technology more broadly . So what is the proper way to respond when the institutions of society , even powerful ...
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... effect trustees for something more important than money — for the credibility of science and technology more ... effects of scientific behaviors that fall short of the highest standards of responsibility. At least for those of us ...
... effect trustees for something more important than money — for the credibility of science and technology more ... effects of scientific behaviors that fall short of the highest standards of responsibility. At least for those of us ...
Contents
Introduction to Issues in Environmental Risk Decision Making | |
Impact of Subjectivity on Objectivity | |
Rediscovering the Role of Public Health in Environmental Decision Making | |
Telling the Public the Facts or the Probable Facts About Risks | |
The Urgent Need to Integrate Ethical Considerations into Risk Assessment Procedures | |
Moral Values in Risk Decisions | |
Values and Comparative Risk Assessment | |
Combining Data on Value Judgments | |
Ethical Theory and the Demands of Sustainability | |
Value Judgments Involved in Verifying and Validating Risk Assessment Models | |
The Stewardship Ethic Resolving the Environmental Dilemma | |
Introduction to the Commentary Section | |
Origin and Development | |
Balancing Risks Costs and Benefits Fairly Across | |
Introduction to Quantitative Issues | |
Environmental Ethics and Human Values | |
Index | |
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Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions and Ethics C. Richard Cothern No preview available - 1995 |
Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern No preview available - 2019 |
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