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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Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. HANDBOOK FOR Environmental RISK Decision Making VALUES , PERCEPTIONS , & ETHICS C. RICHARD COTHERN HANDBOOK FOR Environmental RISK Decision Making VALUES, PERCEPTIONS, & ETHICS. Front ...
Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. HANDBOOK FOR Environmental RISK Decision Making VALUES , PERCEPTIONS , & ETHICS C. RICHARD COTHERN HANDBOOK FOR Environmental RISK Decision Making VALUES, PERCEPTIONS, & ETHICS. Front ...
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Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. Richard N.L. Andrews Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Jeffrey Arnold Department of Environmental Sciences ...
Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. Richard N.L. Andrews Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Jeffrey Arnold Department of Environmental Sciences ...
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Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. C. Richard Cothern Center for Environmental Statistics Development Staff Environmental Statistics and Information Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. Douglas ...
Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. C. Richard Cothern Center for Environmental Statistics Development Staff Environmental Statistics and Information Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. Douglas ...
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... perceptions. I am not sure I can translate these values and perceptions into quantitative parameters, but I understand the distinction. Table 1 Ecological Rankings Habitat alteration/destruction Species extinction Stratospheric ozone ...
... perceptions. I am not sure I can translate these values and perceptions into quantitative parameters, but I understand the distinction. Table 1 Ecological Rankings Habitat alteration/destruction Species extinction Stratospheric ozone ...
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Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. 50 100 1973 1974 1975 1976 150 250 300 MICHIGAN BALD EAGLE PRODUCTION SUMMARY 1973-1993 200 OCCUPIED NESTS % PRODUCTIVE 1982 Figure 1 Michign bald eagle production Summary , 1973–1993 ...
Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern. 50 100 1973 1974 1975 1976 150 250 300 MICHIGAN BALD EAGLE PRODUCTION SUMMARY 1973-1993 200 OCCUPIED NESTS % PRODUCTIVE 1982 Figure 1 Michign bald eagle production Summary , 1973–1993 ...
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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