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1008335
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b762705
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O'Brien, Mary,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Making better environmental decisions : : an alternative to risk assessment /\ Mary O'Brien.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: MIT Press,, ©2000.
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xviii, 286 pages :: maps ;; 23 cm
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0262150514
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: 0262650533
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: 9780262150514
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: 9780262650533
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| Notes
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"Published in association with the Environmental Research Foundation."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.
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| Contents
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Goal : replace risk assessment with alternatives assessment -- How does risk assessment actually work? -- What are we defending with risk assessment? -- When scientists shut their eyes : pretending that the safety of hazardous activities can be estimated -- When decision makers become compromised : pronouncing unnecessary hazardous activities "acceptable" -- When a society isn't serious about environmental health : assessing a narrow range of options -- Who loves, uses, or cooperates with risk assessment? -- Unnecessary societal triage : comparative risk assessment -- Alternatives assessment : the case of bovine growth hormone and rotational grazing -- Alternatives assessment vs. cost-benefit analysis : there is more to life than money -- We already know how to do alternatives assessment -- We know how to push for alternatives assessments -- The essential features of an alternatives assessment -- A society that assesses it alternatives -- Alternatives assessment : more information, fewer pages -- Getting started -- Barriers to alternatives assessment -- Forces for alternatives assessment.
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This work recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: alternatives assessment. Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe, alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage.
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Environmental policy-- Decision making.
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Environmental risk assessment.
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Environnement-- Évaluation du risque.
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Environnement-- Politique gouvernementale-- Prise de décision.
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Environmental policy-- Decision making.
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Environmental risk assessment.
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Risikoanalyse
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Umweltpolitik
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MER.
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Milieubeleid.
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Risicoanalyse.
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Risk management.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.7/14
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GE145.O27 2000
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43.03bcl
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AR 28140rvk
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RB 10915rvk
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Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.)
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