Should We Risk It?

Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving

Daniel M. Kammen, David M. Hassenzahl (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

1999
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00426-6 (ISBN)

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The authors seek to unify disparate theories and methodologies connected with risk analysis for health, environmental and technological problems, backed up with case studies. Specific problems addressed include exposure assessment, extrapolations, modelling and social theories of risk.

How dangerous is smoking? what are the risks of nuclear power or of climate change? What are the chances of dying on an airplane? More importantly, how do we use this information once we have it? The demand for risk analysts who are able to answer such questions has grown exponentially in recent years. Yet programmes to train these analysts have not kept pace. This book addresses that problem. The authors draw together, organize, and seek to unify previously disparate theories and methodologies connected with risk analysis for health, environmental, and technological problems. they also provide a variety of case studies and worked problems.

Daniel M. Kammen is Associate Professor of Energy and Society and director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. He has received international awards for his work on renewable energy and development and for his work on risk analysis and forecasting. David M. Hassenzahl is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has been an environmental risk professional in both the public and private sectors.School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, where his research is focused on the role of risk analysis in policy making. He has been an environmental risk professional in both the public and private sectors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.5.1999
Zusatzinfo	82 line illus., 77 tables
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-691-00426-9 / 0691004269
ISBN-13	978-0-691-00426-6 / 9780691004266
Zustand	Neuware