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Making better environmental decisions :

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0262150514

(Number (ISBN

0262650533

(Number (ISBN

9780262150514

(Number (ISBN

9780262650533

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b762705

Title Proper

Making better environmental decisions :

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[Book]

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an alternative to risk assessment /

First Statement of Responsibility

Mary O'Brien.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

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MIT Press,

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©2000.

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xviii, 286 pages :

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maps ;

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23 cm

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"Published in association with the Environmental Research Foundation."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.

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Goal : replace risk assessment with alternatives assessment -- How does risk assessment actually work? -- What are we defending with risk assessment? -- When scientists shut their eyes : pretending that the safety of hazardous activities can be estimated -- When decision makers become compromised : pronouncing unnecessary hazardous activities "acceptable" -- When a society isn't serious about environmental health : assessing a narrow range of options -- Who loves, uses, or cooperates with risk assessment? -- Unnecessary societal triage : comparative risk assessment -- Alternatives assessment : the case of bovine growth hormone and rotational grazing -- Alternatives assessment vs. cost-benefit analysis : there is more to life than money -- We already know how to do alternatives assessment -- We know how to push for alternatives assessments -- The essential features of an alternatives assessment -- A society that assesses it alternatives -- Alternatives assessment : more information, fewer pages -- Getting started -- Barriers to alternatives assessment -- Forces for alternatives assessment.

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This work recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: alternatives assessment. Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe, alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage.

Environmental policy-- Decision making.

Environmental risk assessment.

Environnement-- Évaluation du risque.

Environnement-- Politique gouvernementale-- Prise de décision.

Environmental policy-- Decision making.

Environmental risk assessment.

MER.

Milieubeleid.

Risicoanalyse.

Risikoanalyse

Risk management.

Umweltpolitik

P000

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O'Brien, Mary,1945-

Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.)

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20201204221255.0

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[Book]

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