| Description |
xix, 406 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Role of environmental science in precautionary decision making / Joel A. Tickner -- Elements of the precautionary principle / Romeo F. Quijano -- Cautionary tale / Barry Commoner -- Ethics, science, and precaution : a view from Norway / Matthias Kaiser -- Science, human rights, and the precautionary principle in Honduras / Juan Almendares -- Fisheries and the precautionary principle / Boyce Thorne-Miller -- Risk, uncertainties, and precautions in chemical legislation / Finn Bro-Rasmussen -- Chemicals policy and the precautionary principle : the case of endocrine disruption / Joe Thornton -- Uncertainty and global climate change : the case of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease / Alistair Woodward -- Precautionary principle as a guide to environmental impact analysis : lessons learned from global warming / Donald A. Brown -- Certainty claimed : science and politics in Canadian GMO regulations / Katherine Barrett and Stuart Lee -- Uncertainty and biodiversity conservation / Reinmar Seidler and Kamaljit Bawa -- Late lessons from early warnings : improving science and governance under uncertainty and ignorance / David Gee and Andrew Stirling -- Biodiversity conservation in developing countries : managing uncertainty in strategies and action plans to support precautionary action / Reginald Victor -- Living legacy : the precautionary ideal in American law / Sheila Jasanoff -- Precautionary principle in European community law and science / Theofanis Christoforou -- Precautionary assessment : a framework for integrating science, uncertainty, and preventive public policy / Joel A. Tickner -- Science in the service of good : the precautionary principle and positive goals / Mary O'Brien -- Toward sustainable chemistry / Terry Collins -- What could precautionary science be? Research for early warnings and a better future / Carl F. Cranor -- Children of the Yaqui Valley : precautionary science and communities / Elizabeth A. Guillette -- Science communication and precautionary policy : a marine case study / Cato C. Ten Hallers-Tjabbes -- Whose scientific method? Scientific methods for a complex world / Richard Levins -- Precaution, environmental science, and preventative public policy / Joel A. Tickner -- Scientists and the real world / Lee Ketelsen. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Tickner, Joel A.
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| ISBN |
1559633328 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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155963331X (alk. paper) |
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