Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Acid Rain, Delays and Management Changes in the Federal Research Program
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Discerning Experts
Author: Michael OppenheimerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022660201X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed. Discerning Experts uncovers factors that can generate systematic bias and error, and recommends how the process can be improved. As the first study of the internal workings of large environmental assessments, this book reveals their strengths and weaknesses, and explains what assessments can—and cannot—be expected to contribute to public policy and the common good.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Preparing for an Uncertain Climate
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428921052
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Environmental Protection
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Keeping Pace with Science and Engineering
Author: National Academy of EngineeringPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309049385
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The technical basis of environmental regulation is always at the edge of scientific and engineering understanding. As knowledge improves, questions will inevitably arise about past decisions. Understanding how the regulatory system accommodates changing scientific and engineering knowledge is vital for achieving environmental values. In this new volume, seven case studies shed light on the interplay between environmental regulation and scientific and engineering understanding, with practical conclusions on how science and engineering should be used for more sound and timely regulatory decision making. The book provides helpful timelines of scientific and regulatory developments for the cases, which include: Factors impeding clean-up strategies in the Chesapeake Bay. Pivotal questions in the regulation of ambient ozone concentrations. How science has been heeded but also ignored in regulation of new municipal waste combustors. Impact of scientific findings on control of chlorination by-products. Acid rain and what can be learned about research and public policy debate. Controversy over the need for formaldehyde regulation. The effect of public perception on management decisions concerning dioxin. This volume will be of practical interest to policymakers, business and environmental advocates, scientists, engineers, researchers, attorneys, faculty, and students.
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