Geoethics

Max Wyss

ISBN 10: 0127999353 / ISBN 13: 9780127999357

Verlag: Elsevier Science Nov 2014, 2014

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility. This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspective. 450 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780127999357

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Geoethics
• Verlag: Elsevier Science Nov 2014
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0127999353
• ISBN-13: 9780127999357
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility. This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspective.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Silvia Peppoloni is a Geologist, Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy). She focuses her scientific activity on natural risks and hazards, along with exploring the social aspects of Earth sciences. She is an international leader of geoethics, fully involved in the base research on ethical, social, and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, and practice, and on key concepts for society such as sustainability, prevention, adaptation, and geoeducation. She is a cofounding member and Secretary General of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics; Chair of the Commission on Geoethics of the International Union of Geological Sciences; Chair holder of the Chair on Geoethics of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences; Director of the School on Geoethics and Natural Issues; and Editor-in-Chief of the SpringerBriefs in Geoethics series and the Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences.