Risk assessment in the federal government Autor various authors Fecha 1994 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-054487) Editor | Lugar de publicación New York University Environmental Law Journal | New York, NY, USA Páginas 591 p. Idioma Inglés País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Resumen Contents: 1. Beyond the vicious circle 2. Societal risk reduction: Promise and pitfalls 3. A second opinion on environmental misdiagnosis: The risky prescriptions 4. The risk not reduced 5. The risk of comparing risks 6. Equivalent frames of reference for judging risk regulation policies 7. An environmental justice critique of risk assessment 8. Standards and uncertainty in risk assessment 9. New Chapter 9: An analysis of the proposed sentencing guidelines for organizational environmental offenders and the historic evolution of a compliance nightmare