Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public PolicyLife in the last quarter of the twentieth century presents a baffling array of complex issues. The benefits of technology are arrayed against the risks and hazards of those same technological marvels (frequently, though not always, arising as side effects or by-products). This confrontation poses very difficult choices for individuals as well as for those charged with making public policy. Some of the most challenging of these issues result because of the ability of technological innovation and deployment to outpace the capacity of institutions to assess and evaluate implications. In many areas, the rate of technological advance has now far outstripped the capabilities of institutional monitoring and control. While there are many instances in which technological advance occurs without adverse consequences (and in fact, yields tremendous benefits), frequently the advent of a major innovation brings a wide array of unforeseen and (to some) undesirable effects. This problem is exacerbated as the interval between the initial development of a technology and its deployment is shortened, since the opportunity for cautious appraisal is decreased. |
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... Mr. Asselstine served as Associate Counsel on the staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and in that position served as a codirector of the Committee's investigation of the Three Mile Island accident.
... Mr. Asselstine served as Associate Counsel on the staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and in that position served as a codirector of the Committee's investigation of the Three Mile Island accident.
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It deliberately moves away from the idea that most risks are the result of accidents or processes that are out of human control. The discussion begins with an overview chapter which examines the ways in which risks and hazards have been ...
It deliberately moves away from the idea that most risks are the result of accidents or processes that are out of human control. The discussion begins with an overview chapter which examines the ways in which risks and hazards have been ...
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The variety, magnitude and extent of such hazards is enormous, ranging from everyday risks (e.g., automobile accidents, unsafe drinking water and the like) to rare, but potentially cataclysmic events (e.g., large earthquakes or nuclear ...
The variety, magnitude and extent of such hazards is enormous, ranging from everyday risks (e.g., automobile accidents, unsafe drinking water and the like) to rare, but potentially cataclysmic events (e.g., large earthquakes or nuclear ...
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Also most commonly, the focus has been on extraordinary, relatively infrequent events, sometimes (particularly in the case of technological hazards) referred to as accidents. A concurrent concern, given this orientation toward ...
Also most commonly, the focus has been on extraordinary, relatively infrequent events, sometimes (particularly in the case of technological hazards) referred to as accidents. A concurrent concern, given this orientation toward ...
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... underlying sources of risk, particularly for geophysical hazards and for technological accidents. For the kinds of pervasive risk I have identified, I want to make the case that a focus on risk response will not be useful.
... underlying sources of risk, particularly for geophysical hazards and for technological accidents. For the kinds of pervasive risk I have identified, I want to make the case that a focus on risk response will not be useful.
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CHAPTER | 15 |
Advocacy and Global Warming | 33 |
CHAPTER 3 | 54 |
CHAPTER 5 | 61 |
CHAPTER 6 | 90 |
CHAPTER 8 | 121 |
CHAPTER 10 | 137 |
CHAPTER 11 | 163 |
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Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Vista previa limitada - 1991 |
Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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| Título | Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy Volumen6 de Risk, Governance and Society |
| Editor | M Waterstone |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 |
| ISBN | 9401136343, 9789401136341 |
| Largo | 179 páginas |
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