Decision Making for Complex Socio-Technical Systems (eBook)
XXVII, 357 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-3529-6 (ISBN)
The long-term governance of radioactive waste continues to be a major complex and unresolved socio-technical issue. Previous technocratic approaches have so far failed. This empirically based study provides a novel approach to complementing technical expertise and economic/political power with stakeholder involvement. Inclusive participation is shown to be an asset that strengthens the processes, enhances robustness and facilitates sustainable decision making, thus adding value for all involved.
Waste management can be considered as a mirror of society. In its (our) fluctuating definition, besides conserving a supply of valuable materials and resources, it acts as a fascinating expression for our throw-away mentality. Waste is inevitable, but it nevertheless provides an opportunity, a need and an incentive for society to pursue a more careful management of it. If this is successfully carried out, society may well find it possible to manage itself in an overall more careful and universal way. The management, or governance, of radioactive waste particularly is determined by a complex constellation of individuals, social aggregates, and institutions. A wealth of interconnected parts forms a complex and volatile system that is highly technical and explosively political in nature. The problems inherent in this system must be managed so as to reach a safe, acceptable, responsible, feasible, and sustainable "e;solution"e;. It is a system with an objective long-term dimension, with a hazard potential of, in part, hundreds of thousands of years; and it has a long-term institutional dimension insofar as its implementation must last for decades. The very notion of risk extends from the long life of radionuclides, over the perception of dread to the decisional risk of whether, when and how to implement an agreed upon "e;solution"e;.
Preface. Summary. Introduction.
Part I: Overall Issue and Methodology. 1. Setting And Topics At Issue. 2. Objectives And Aim. 3. Research Political Embedding. 4. Issues Under Investigation, Evidence And Validation.
Part II: Perspective 'From Below': Risk Perception of The Public. 5. Insights From Risk Perception Research. 6. Risk Perception In Radioactive Waste Issues.
Part III: Perspective 'From Above': Decision Processes. 7. Insights From Decision Science. 8. Development Of Decision Making In Technical Systems. 9. Decisions In Radioactive Waste Management. 10. Siting As An Example Of Sub-Optimum Decision-Making.
Part IV: Conclusions and Further Development. 11. Patterns Of Arguments In Radioactive Waste Governance. 12. Fundamentals Of A Comparison Of Disposition Options. 13. Proposal For A Concept Of An Overall System Robustness.
References. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.3.2006 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Environment & Policy | Environment & Policy |
| Zusatzinfo | XXVII, 357 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | Complex socio-technical systems • Development • ecotoxicology • Long-term governance • radioactive waste • Robust decision-making processes • Sustainable radioactive waste management • Technical and societal robustness |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-3529-2 / 1402035292 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-3529-6 / 9781402035296 |
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