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Title:

Precautionary tools for reshaping environmental policy / edited by Nancy J. Myers and Carolyn Raffensperger.

Publisher:

MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

x, 339 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Environmental policy--Decision making.
Environmental degradation--Prevention--Case studies.
Milieueffecten.
Besluitvorming.
Ecologie.

Other Authors:

Myers, Nancy J.
Raffensperger, Carolyn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Precautionary procedures : tools of analysis and intention ; Precautionary options / Nancy J. Myers -- Democratic tools : communities and precaution / Maria B. Pellerano and Peter Montague -- Green systems / Nancy J. Myers and Carolyn Raffensperger -- A checklist for precautionary decisions ; The checklist at work / Nancy J. Myers -- Answering the critics / Nancy J. Myers and Peter Montague -- The public trust and public values : elk farming and cattle farming / Mary O'Brien -- Setting the right goals : marine fisheries and sustainability in large ecosystems / Boyce Thorne-Miller -- Early warnings : the history of DDT / Ted Schettler -- Harm and alternatives : cultures under siege / Kelly Bannister and Katherine Barrett -- Wrestling with uncertainty : genetically modified organisms / Katherine Barrett -- Transparency : a precautionary economic analysis of coalbed methane / Joshua Skov and Nancy J. Myers -- Shifting burdens : a proposal for tort reform / Carolyn Raffensperger and Nancy J. Myers.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments

ISBN:

9780262633239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
026263323X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262134583 (alk. paper)
0262134586 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58720811

LCCN:

2005041654

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)