Linking science and technology to society's environmental goals / Policy Division, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Policy Division.

Series:

National forum on science and technology goals.

National forum on science and technology goals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental risk assessment--Social aspects--United States.

Environmental risk assessment.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where should the United States focus its long-term efforts to improve the nation's environment? What are the nation's most important environmental issues? What role should science and technology play in addressing these issues? Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals provides the current thinking and answers to these questions. Based on input from a range of experts and interested individuals, including representatives of industry, government, academia, environmental organizations, and Native American communities, this book urges policymakers to: Use social science and risk assessment to guide decision-making. Monitor environmental changes in a more thorough, consistent, and coordinated manner. Reduce the adverse impact of chemicals on the environment. Move away from the use of fossil fuels. Adopt an environmental approach to engineering that reduces the use of natural resources. Substantially increase our understanding of the relationship between population and consumption. This book will be of special interest to policymakers in government and industry; environmental scientists, engineers, and advocates; and faculty, students, and researchers.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

PART I COMMITTEE REPORT

Summary

1 Society's Environmental Goals

2 Use Social Science and Risk Assessment To Make Better Societal Choices

3 Focus on Monitoring to Build Better Understanding of Our Ecological Systems

4 Reduce the Adverse Impacts of Chemicals in the Environment

5 Develop Environmental Options for the Energy System

6 Use a Systems Engineering and Ecological Approach to Reduce Resource Use

7 Improve Understanding of the Relationship Between Population and Consumption as a Means to Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Population Growth

8 Set Environmental Goals Via Rates and Directions of Change

Bibliography

PART II COMMISSIONED PAPERS

National Environmental Goals: Implementing the Laws, Visions of the Future, and Research Priorities1

Measurement of Environmental Quality in the United States

Attitudes Toward the Environment Twenty-Five Years After Earth Day1

Environmental Goals and Science Policy: A Review of Selected Countries

Can States Make a Market for Environmental Goals?

Setting Environmental Goals: The View from Industry

Status of Ecological Knowledge Related to Policy Decision-Making Needs in the Area of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in the United States

The Federal Budget and Environmental Priorities1

PART III KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Address D. James Baker

Keynote Address Thomas Grumbly*

Keynote Address Barry Gold

Keynote Address Harlan Watson

Keynote Address David Garman

Presentation John Wise* and Peter Truitt†

Presentation Judith Espinosa* and Peggy Duxbury†

Presentation Gilbert S. Omenn

APPENDIX A Committee Member and Staff Biographical Information1

APPENDIX B Forum Agenda

APPENDIX C Forum Participants

APPENDIX D Summary of Responses to Call for Comments.

APPENDIX E Respondents to Call for Comments

APPENDIX F Summary of Breakout-Group Discussions

APPENDIX G Detecting Changes in Time and Space

APPENDIX H Enabling the Future: Linking Science and Technology to Societal Goals

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780309175210

0309175216

9780309520874

0309520878

9780585027272

0585027277

OCLC:

42854320