Risk and precaution /
"The precautionary principle has been labeled simplistic and the rational approach to decision-making under risk was modeled on well-specified games of chance. How then are we to manage the risks, uncertainties, and 'unknown unknowns' of the real world? In this book, Alan Randall unra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "The precautionary principle has been labeled simplistic and the rational approach to decision-making under risk was modeled on well-specified games of chance. How then are we to manage the risks, uncertainties, and 'unknown unknowns' of the real world? In this book, Alan Randall unravels the key controversies surrounding the precautionary principle and develops a new framework that can be taken seriously in policy and management circles. Respecting the complexity of the real world, he defines a justifiable role for the precautionary principle in a risk management framework that integrates precaution with elements of the standard risk management model. This is explained using examples from medicine, pharmacy, synthetic chemicals, nanotechnology, the environment and natural resources conservation. This carefully reasoned but highly accessible book will appeal to readers from a broad range of disciplines, including environmental policy, risk management and cost-benefit analysis."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook Business Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511858420 0511858426 9780511861031 0511861036 9780511860164 0511860161 9780511974557 0511974558 9786613006264 6613006262 |
