Averting catastrophe : strategies for regulating risky technologies / / Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Morone Joseph G
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 215 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 304.2/
• Soggetto topico: Risk; Technology assessment; Environmental protection; Technology - Risk assessment
• Altri autori: WoodhouseEdward J
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 177-202.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- 1. The potential for catastrophe -- 2. Toxic chemicals -- 3. Nuclear power -- 4. Recombinant DNA research -- 5. Threats to the ozone layer -- 6. The greenhouse threat -- 7. A system fro averting catastrophe -- 8. Can we do better? -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Love Canal are symbols of the potentially catastrophic risks that go hand in hand with much modern technology. This volume is a non-partisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. ... Publisher description.
• Altri titoli varianti: Averting catastrophe
• Titolo autorizzato: Averting catastrophe
• ISBN: 0-585-30855-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495956403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II