Citizen science : a study of people, expertise, and sustainable development / / Alan Irwin

• Autore: Irwin Alan <1955, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/3
• Soggetto topico: Science - Social aspects; Sustainable development
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP; SCIENCE, CITIZENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT; SCIENCE AND THE POLICY PROCESS; WITNESSES, PARTICIPANTS AND MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS; FREEING THE VOICES: A SCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE?; BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES: SCIENCE SHOPS AND SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS; SCIENCE, CITIZENSHIP AND TROUBLED MODERNITY; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kinds. While science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area. Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' in environmental matters. In Citizen Science Alan Irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threat.
• Titolo autorizzato: Citizen science
• ISBN: 1-134-79257-3; 0-203-28860-2; 0-203-20239-2; 1-280-32564-X; 1-134-79258-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996199889603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Environment and society.