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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... nature of regulation and decisions that involve environmental health for humans and all living things. One of the major problems in risk communication is the failure of different groups to listen to each other. For example, many animal ...
... nature of regulation and decisions that involve environmental health for humans and all living things. One of the major problems in risk communication is the failure of different groups to listen to each other. For example, many animal ...
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... nature just the opposite is the case. Ecological systems are very harsh, abrupt, and chaotic. There are high ... natural events like fires. Fire is a natural and central need in landscape management. There is a difference in ...
... nature just the opposite is the case. Ecological systems are very harsh, abrupt, and chaotic. There are high ... natural events like fires. Fire is a natural and central need in landscape management. There is a difference in ...
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... nature, the individual is expendable. The only thing of value in an ecological population model is the perpetuation of the gene pool. The major mechanism is called natural selection. The Endangered Species Act does not protect ...
... nature, the individual is expendable. The only thing of value in an ecological population model is the perpetuation of the gene pool. The major mechanism is called natural selection. The Endangered Species Act does not protect ...
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... nature, is likely to be something along the lines of “92.5%,” not something along the lines of, “Here's what the 92.5% answer means for resolving this controversy.” Instead, even if we are lucky, the best we can hope for in almost any ...
... nature, is likely to be something along the lines of “92.5%,” not something along the lines of, “Here's what the 92.5% answer means for resolving this controversy.” Instead, even if we are lucky, the best we can hope for in almost any ...
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... nature of the societal roles that are played by those of us who are technical specialists. Can We Blame the Mass Media? In all likelihood, this audience needs little convincing that public views of science and technology are affected ...
... nature of the societal roles that are played by those of us who are technical specialists. Can We Blame the Mass Media? In all likelihood, this audience needs little convincing that public views of science and technology are affected ...
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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