| Description |
xvii, 574 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 506-562) and index. |
| Contents |
International comparisons of environmental hazards / Vicki Norberg-Bohm .. [et al.] -- The risk transition and developing countries / Kirk R. Smith -- Global risk, uncertainty, and ignorance / Silvio 0. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz -- Vulnerability to global environmental change / Diana M. Liverman -- Vulnerability to global environmental change in natural ecosystems and rural areas : a question of latitude? / Exequiel Ezcurra .. [et al.] -- Vulnerability, equity, and global environmental change / Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne X. Kasperson, and Kirstin Dow -- Trajectories of threat : assessing environmental criticality in nine regions / Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, and B. L. Turner, II -- Global change and environmental risks in mountain ecosystems / N. S. Jodha -- Vulnerability to drought and climate change in Mexico / Diana M. Liverman -- Sea-level rise and the Bangladesh and Nile deltas / James M. Broadus -- Sea-level rise and the North Sea / Timothy O'Riordan -- Sea-level rise and the Sea of Japan / Saburo Ikeda and Masaaki Kataoka -- Risk and imagining alternative futures / Timothy O'Riordan and Peter Timmerman -- Exploring a sustainable future for Canada / John B. Robinson -- Social visions of future sustainable societies / Patricia Benjamin .. [et al.]. |
| Subject |
Environmental risk assessment.
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Global environmental change.
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| Added Author |
Kasperson, Jeanne X.
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Kasperson, Roger E.
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| ISBN |
1853838004 (Earthscan hard.) |
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9280810278 (UNUP pbk.) |
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1853838012 (Earthscan pbk. ) |
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