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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779108003321

Titolo

Governing uncertainty : environmental regulation in the age of nanotechnology / / edited by Christopher J. Bosso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-280-87352-3

9786613714831

1-136-52781-8

1-136-52780-X

1-936331-05-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BossoChristopher J <1956-> (Christopher John)

Disciplina

620/.5

Soggetti

Nanoparticles - Environmental aspects

Nanotechnology - Environmental aspects

Nanotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Governing Uncertainty: Environmental Regulation in the Age of Nanotechnology; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD: NANOTECHNOLOGY, RISK, AND GOVERNANCE; CHAPTER 1 POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF THE "NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION"; CHAPTER 2 A WORLD OF ITS OWN?: Nanotechnology's Promise- and Challenges; CHAPTER 3 INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION OR INTELLIGENT DESIGN?: Constructing a Regulatory Regime for Nanotechnology; CHAPTER 4 ENGAGING BUSINESS IN THE REGULATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY; CHAPTER 5 EPA AND NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE NEED FOR A GRAND BARGAIN?

CHAPTER 6 NANOTECHNOLOGY AND THE EVOLVING ROLE OF STATE GOVERNANCECHAPTER 7 NANOTECHNOLOGY AND TWENTYFIRST- CENTURY GOVERNANCE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Nanotechnology promises to transform the materials of everyday life, leading to smaller and more powerful computers, more durable plastics and fabrics, cheap and effective water purification systems, more efficient solar panels and storage batteries, and medical devices



capable of tracking down and killing cancer cells or treating neurological diseases. Policy analysts predict a radical change in the industrial sector; at present, the U.S. government spends nearly 2 billion annually on nanotechnology research and development. Yet the nanotechnology revolution is not straightforward. Enthusiasm