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Worst things first? : the debate over risk-based national environmental priorities / editors, Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental risk assessment--United States--Congresses.
- Environmental risk assessment.
- Environmental policy--United States--Congresses.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Resources for the Future, 1994.
- Summary:
- For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. This book illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals the limitations to quantitative risk assessment.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. The EPA paradigm
- pt. 3. Three alternative paradigms
- pt. 4. Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at a conference held from November 15 to 17, 1992, in Annapolis, Maryland.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-89033-1
- 1-138-46573-9
- 1-315-06065-5
- 0-585-33136-7
- 1-135-89026-9
- 9781315060651
- OCLC:
- 45843765
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