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Autore |
Morone Joseph G |
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Titolo |
Averting catastrophe : strategies for regulating risky technologies / / Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse [[electronic resource]] |
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Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 1986 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 215 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Risk |
Technology assessment |
Environmental protection |
Technology - Risk assessment |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 177-202. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 1. The potential for catastrophe -- 2. Toxic chemicals -- 3. Nuclear power -- 4. Recombinant DNA research -- 5. Threats to the ozone layer -- 6. The greenhouse threat -- 7. A system fro averting catastrophe -- 8. Can we do better? -- Notes -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Love Canal are symbols of the potentially catastrophic risks that go hand in hand with much modern technology. This volume is a non-partisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. ... Publisher description. |
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