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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785605503321

Autore

Bocking Stephen <1959->

Titolo

Nature's experts : science, politics, and the environment / / Stephen Bocking

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J. : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-283-53297-2

9786613845429

0-8135-5766-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 298 pages)

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Encountering Science and Politics -- 2 The Uncertain Authority of Science -- 3 Science and Environmental Values -- 4 Science and Natural Resources Management -- 5 Science and the Global Environment -- 6 Science in a Risky World -- 7 Credible and Effective Science -- 8 Democratic Environmental Science -- 9 Achieving Effective and Democratic Science -- Notes -- References -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

"With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature’s Experts is a timely and important book."—David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research "This book by Stephen Bocking is as much about deliberative democracy as it is about science and the environment. Stephen Bocking’s treatment is deep, perceptive, and profoundly wise. He has caught the heart of present and future environmental science, politics, and democratic governance."—C. S. Holling, The Resilience Alliance and emeritus professor, Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida "If knowledge is power, how should expert advice be deployed by a



would-be democratic society? This perennial question is newly illuminated by this timely and wide-ranging review of the role played by science in the making of environmental policy."—William C. Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government It seems self-evident that science plays a central role in environmental affairs. Regulatory agencies, businesses, and public interest groups all draw on scientific research to support their claims. Some critics, however, describe science not as the solution to environmental problems, but as their source. Moreover, the science itself is often controversial, as debates over global warming and environmental health risks have shown. Nature’s Experts explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Stephen Bocking focuses on four major areas of environmental politics: the formation of environmental values and attitudes, management of natural resources such as forests and fish, efforts to address international environmental issues such as climate change, and decisions relating to environmental and health risks. In each area, practical examples and case studies illustrate that science must fulfill two functions if it is to contribute to resolving environmental controversies. First, science must be relevant and credible, and second, it must be democratic, where everyone has access to the information they need to present and defend their views.



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UNICAMPANIAVAN0131949

Titolo

Unexplained Infertility : Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Treatment / Glenn L. Schattman, Sandro C. Esteves, Ashok Agarwal   editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2015

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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UNICAMPANIAVAN0275262

Titolo

Research Trends in Graph Theory and Applications / Daniela Ferrero ... [et al.] editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2021

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 135 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

05-XX - Combinatorics [MSC 2020]

00B25 - Proceedings of conferences of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020]

05Cxx - Graph theory [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00299729

Titolo

Stochastic and Differential Games : Theory and Numerical Methods / Martino Bardi, T. E. S. Raghavan, T. Parthasarathy editors ; Foreword by Tamer Başar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer ; Boston, : Birkhäuser, 1999

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00B15 - Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020]

49N70 - Differential games and control [MSC 2020]

49N75 - Pursuit and evasion games [MSC 2020]

91-XX - Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences [MSC 2020]

91A15 - Stochastic games, stochastic differential games [MSC 2020]

91A23 - Differential games (aspects of game theory) [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia