Precaution Environmental Science And Preventive Public Policy

Author : Joel Tickner
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1597263133

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Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy by Joel Tickner Pdf

The "precautionary principle"—the idea that society should guard against potentially harmful activities even if some cause and effect relationships have not been fully established—has often been attacked for being unscientific. However leading scientists studying the issue have begun to make the case that the precautionary principle is in fact science based, and that it creates a need for more rigorous and transparent science in examining complex and uncertain environmental risks.Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy is the first book to explore the role of science in developing a more precautionary approach to environmental and public health policy. The book brings together leading scientists, legal experts, philosophers, environmental health professionals, and environmentalists to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the controversial debate over science and precaution. The book:discusses the critical need for science in promoting sustainabilityoutlines the ethical imperative of a more precautionary science and the philosophical foundations of that new approachconsiders some of the ways in which the current conduct of environmental science works against precautionary policiesexamines how the role and use of science differs across cultures and political systemsprovides the components of an approach to environmental science that more effectively supports precautionary decisionsThe book also offers case studies that consider various types of uncertainty and sets forth a framework for evaluating and addressing uncertainty in decision-making.Contributors include Juan Almendares, Katherine Barrett, Kamaljit Bawa, Finn Bro-Rasmussen, Donald Brown, Theofanis Christoforou, Terry Collins, Barry Commoner, Carl Cranor, Stephen Dovers, David Gee, Elizabeth Guillette, Cato ten Hallers-Tjabbes, James Huff, Matthias Kaiser, Richard Levins, Mary O'Brien, Carolyn Raffensperger, Jerry Ravetz, Vandana Shiva, Boyce Thorne-Miller, Joe Thornton, Reginald Victor, and Alistair Woodward.Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy presents a broad overview of the role of science in implementing the precautionary principle and makes a compelling case that science should be used not just to study problems but to develop solutions.

Author : Marco Martuzzi,Joel A. Tickner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : IND:30000122436516

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The Precautionary Principle by Marco Martuzzi,Joel A. Tickner Pdf

The purpose of this publication is to provide the background rationale and support for WHO's working paper Dealing with uncertainty - how can the precautionary principle help protect the future of our children?, prepared for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health held in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2004. The debate around the precautionary principle has provided many insights into how to improve public health decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. This publication should further support approaches to attaining the concurrent goals of protecting adults, children and future generations and the ecosystems on which we depend and enhancing economic development, sustainability and innovation in science, research and policy. [Ed.]

Author : Timothy O'Riordan,James Cameron
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1853832006

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Interpreting the Precautionary Principle by Timothy O'Riordan,James Cameron Pdf

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Barry L. Johnson,Maureen Y. Lichtveld
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1251 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781498799478

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Environmental Policy and Public Health by Barry L. Johnson,Maureen Y. Lichtveld Pdf

As with the first edition, this second edition describes how environmental health policies are developed, the statutes and other policies that have evolved to address public health concerns associated with specific environmental hazards, and the public health foundations of the policies. It lays out policies for what is considered the major environmental physical hazards to human health. Specifically, the authors describe hazards from air, water, food, hazardous substances, and wastes. To this list the authors have added the additional concerns from climate change, tobacco products, genetically-modified organisms, environment-related diseases, energy production, biodiversity and species endangerment, and the built environment. And as with the first edition, histories of policymaking for specific environmental hazards are portrayed. This edition differs from its antecedent in three significant themes. Global perspectives are added to chapters that describe specific environmental hazards, e.g., air pollution policies in China and India. Also there is the material on the consequences of environmental hazards on both human and ecosystem health. Additionally readers are provided with information about interventions that policymakers and individuals can consider in mitigating or preventing specific environmental hazards.

Author : Indur M. Goklany
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 1930865163

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The Precautionary Principle by Indur M. Goklany Pdf

Goklany argues that selective application of this principle distorts the policy debate.

Author : David P. Lawrence
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118678732

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Impact Assessment by David P. Lawrence Pdf

Offers solutions and best practices to respond to recurrentproblems and contemporary challenges in the field Since the publication of the first edition of EnvironmentalImpact Assessment in 2003, both the practice and theory ofimpact assessment have changed substantially. Not only has thefield been subject to a great deal of new regulations andguidelines, it has also evolved tremendously, with a greateremphasis on strategic environmental, sustainability, and humanhealth impact assessments. Moreover, there is a greater call forimpact assessments from a global perspective. This SecondEdition, now titled Impact Assessment to reflect itsbroader scope and the breadth of these many changes, offersstudents and practitioners a current guide to today's impactassessment practice. Impact Assessment begins with an introduction and then achapter reviewing conventional approaches to the field. Next, thebook is organized around recurrent problems and contemporarychallenges in impact assessment process design and management,enabling readers to quickly find the material they need to solvetough problems, including: How to make impact assessments more influential, rigorous,rational, substantive, practical, democratic, collaborative,ethical, and adaptive How each problem and challenge-reducing process would operateat the regulatory and applied levels How each problem can be approached for different impactassessment types—sustainability assessment, strategicenvironmental assessment, project-level EIA, social impactassessment, ecological impact assessment, and health impactassessment How to link and combine impact assessment processes to operatein situations with multiple overlapping problems, challenges, andimpact assessment types How to connect and combine impact assessment processes Each chapter first addresses the topic with current theory andthen demonstrates how that theory is applied, presentingrequirements, guidelines, and best practices. Summaries at the endof each chapter provide a handy tool for structuring the design andevaluation of impact assessment processes and documents. Readerswill find analyses and new case studies that address such issues asmulti-jurisdictional impact assessment, climate change, cumulativeeffects assessment, follow-up, capacity building, interpretingsignificance, and the siting of major industrial and wastefacilities. Reflecting current theory and standards of practice, ImpactAssessment is appropriate for both students and practitionersin the field, enabling them to confidently respond to a myriad ofnew challenges in the field.

Author : Poul Harremoës
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9781853838927

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The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century by Poul Harremoës Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Rosie Cooney
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2831708109

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The Precautionary Principle in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management by Rosie Cooney Pdf

The precautionary principle, or precautionary approach, is now widely accepted in environmental law and policy at international and, increasingly, national level. However, the principle remains highly controversial, its meaning contested, its acceptance and implementation inconsistent across sectors and contexts and its impacts unclear. This paper aims to inform and assist IUCN and its members in developing greater shared understanding of the meaning and implementation of the principle in the context of biodiversity conservation and natural resource management, respecting priorities of both conservation and sustainable development. It examines the meaning of the precautionary principle and its incorporation into biodiversity and resource management law and policy, and discusses a series of issues raised by its implementation in this sector for biodiversity conservation and for livelihoods and poverty alleviation.

Author : Kerry H. Whiteside
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015066773386

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Precautionary Politics by Kerry H. Whiteside Pdf

A study of the precautionary principle--its meaning, its rationale, its policy implications, and the controversies provoked by its use in environmental regulation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Public health
ISBN : UOM:39015046774652

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Public Health Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Steel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107078161

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Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle by Daniel Steel Pdf

This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

Author : Levente Szentkirályi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429534522

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The Ethics of Precaution by Levente Szentkirályi Pdf

There are thousands of substances manufactured in the United States to which the public is routinely exposed and for which toxicity data are limited or absent. Some insist that uncertainty about the severity of potential harm justifies implementing precautionary regulations, while others claim that uncertainty justifies the absence of regulations until sufficient evidence confirms a strong probability of severe harm. In this book, Levente Szentkirályi overcomes this impasse in his defense of precautionary environmental risk regulation by shifting the focus from how to manage uncertainty to what it is we owe each other morally. He argues that actions that create uncertain threats wrongfully gamble with the welfare of those who are exposed and neglect the reciprocity that our equal moral standing demands. If we take the moral equality and rights of others seriously, we have a duty to exercise due care to strive to prevent putting them in possible harm’s way. The Ethics of Precaution will be of great interest to researchers, educators, advanced students, and practitioners working in the fields of environmental political theory, ethics of risk, and environmental policy.

Author : Lauren Hartzell-Nichols
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315309323

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A Climate of Risk by Lauren Hartzell-Nichols Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Credits -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. How Climate Change is Harmful -- 1 Climate Change Risks, Reasons for Concern, and the Complexity of Harmfulness -- 2 Risk, Uncertainty, and the Complexity of Climate Change's Harmful Effects -- 3 Harmfulness Across Generations -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. Making Sense of Precaution -- 1 The Myth of "the" Precautionary Principle -- 2 Against the Possibility of Unifying the Precautionary Principle -- 3 A Way Forward - Rethinking Precaution and Precautionary Principles -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. A Precautionary Approach to Threats of Catastrophes -- 1 The Catastrophic Precautionary Principle -- 2 The Catastrophic Precautionary Decision-Making Framework -- 3 The Distinctiveness of My View -- 4 The Threat of Climate Catastrophe -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Precaution and the Economics of Climate Change -- 1 Uncertainty's Uncertain Effect on Economic Assessments of Climate Change -- 2 Uncertainty and the Economics of Climate Change in Practice -- 3 Uncertainty as an Argument Against Discounting in Climate Economics -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Responding to the Threat of Climate Catastrophe -- 1 Precautionary Climate Policy -- 2 A Precautionary Approach to Mitigation - Against the 1.5/2°C Target -- 3 A Precautionary Approach to Adaptation -- 4 Geoengineering as Precaution? -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Index

Author : United States. Health Services and Mental Health Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Audio-visual materials
ISBN : UIUC:30112055423880

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Health Services Reports by United States. Health Services and Mental Health Administration Pdf

Author : David Levi-Faur
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857936110

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Handbook on the Politics of Regulation by David Levi-Faur Pdf

'Political science has leap-frogged law, economics, and sociology to become the dominant discipline contributing to regulatory studies. David Levi-Faur's volume taps the rich veins of regulatory scholarship that have made this the case. It brings together the talented new network of politics scholars intrigued by the importance of the changing nature of state and non-state regulation. Their fresh insights complement important new work by established stars of the field. Definitely a book to have on your shelf when in search of exciting theoretical approaches to politics.' – John Braithwaite, Australian National University '"Regulation", in its manifold forms, is the central process of contemporary governance, as it seeks to blend the dynamism of market economies with responsiveness to political and normative demands for health, safety, environmental protection, and fairness. Understanding regulation's varieties, vulnerabilities, and virtues has become a significant focus of academic research and theory. This volume provides an extraordinary survey of research in that field – a survey remarkable in its comprehensiveness, outstanding in the quality of the contributions by leading regulatory scholars from different nations and academic disciplines.' – Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley, US 'An authoritative collection by a range of contributors with outstanding reputations in the field.' – Michael Moran, WJM Mackenzie Professor of Government 'This is an extraordinarily useful one-stop-shop for a wide range of traditions and approaches to the political aspects of regulation. David Levi-Faur has assembled a fine collection that by reporting on the state of the art also shows the way ahead for a discipline that has to capture and explain dramatic changes in real-world regulatory philosophies and policies.' – Claudio Radaelli, University of Exeter, UK 'This is an unusually impressive edited volume. Its contributors include the leading academic experts on government regulation from around the world. Its several clearly-written and informative essays address the most important topics, issues, and debates that have engaged students of regulatory politics. I strongly recommend this volume to anyone interested in understanding the breadth and depth of contemporary scholarship on the political dimensions of regulation.' – David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, US This unique Handbook offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of the politics of regulation. It presents and discusses the core theories and concepts of regulation in response to the rise of the regulatory state and regulatory capitalism, and in the context of the 'golden age of regulation'. Its ten sections include forty-nine chapters covering issues as diverse and varied as: theories of regulation; historical perspectives on regulation; regulation of old and new media; risk regulation, enforcement and compliance; better regulation; civil regulation; European regulatory governance; and global regulation. As a whole, it provides an essential point of reference for all those working on the political, social, and economic aspects of regulation. This comprehensive resource will be of immense value to scholars and policymakers in numerous fields and disciplines including political science, public policy and administration, international relations, regulation, international law, business and politics, European studies, regional studies, and development studies.