Worst things first? : the debate over risk-based national environmental priorities / / editors, Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding
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| Titolo: |
Worst things first? : the debate over risk-based national environmental priorities / / editors, Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Resources for the Future, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 363.700973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental risk assessment - United States |
| Environmental policy - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
FinkelAdam M
GoldingDominic
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Worst things first |
| ISBN: | 1-135-89033-1 |
| 1-138-46573-9 | |
| 1-315-06065-5 | |
| 0-585-33136-7 | |
| 1-135-89026-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790934503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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