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Risk assessment in the federal government

Auteur
various authors
Date
1994
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-054487)
Éditeur | Lieu de publication
New York University Environmental Law Journal | New York, NY, USA
Pages
591 p.
Langue
Anglais
Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Évaluation/gestion des risques
Résumé

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