Worst Things First: The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities - Hardcover

Finkel, Adam M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138465739 ISBN 13: 9781138465732

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. Agencies, however, typically lack a self-conscious process for examining priorities, much less an explicit method for defining what priorities should be. Worst Things First? illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals surprising limitations to quantitative risk assessment as an instrument for precise tuning of policy judgments. The book also demonstrates the strength of political and social forces opposing the exclusive use of risk assessment in setting environmental priorities.

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Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138465739
• ISBN 13: 9781138465732
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 348
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland