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edited by C.R. Cothern - 1995 Hardcover 416 pp.
With this handbook, you will understand the broad aspects of risk management – scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. It presents environmental problems and, whenever applicable, the methodology required to reach a successful solution. It covers the objective and subjective components of environmental risk decision making, details quantitative and comparative risk, and investigates the cost and feasibility of different decisions. CONTENTS Introduction: Values and Value Judgments in Ecological Health Assessments. Issues in Environmental Risk Decision Making: An Overview of Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and Ethics. Values and Value Judgments: Introduction to Quantitative Issues. Commentary: Introduction to the Commentary Section. The Contributors. Index.
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