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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790934503321

Titolo

Worst things first? : the debate over risk-based national environmental priorities / / editors, Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Resources for the Future, , 1994

ISBN

1-135-89033-1

1-138-46573-9

1-315-06065-5

0-585-33136-7

1-135-89026-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

FinkelAdam M

GoldingDominic

Disciplina

363.700973

Soggetti

Environmental risk assessment - United States

Environmental policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held from November 15 to 17, 1992, in Annapolis, Maryland.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The EPA paradigm -- pt. 3. Three alternative paradigms -- pt. 4. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. This book illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals the limitations to quantitative risk assessment.