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Risk-Based Environmental Decisions

Methods and Culture

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Douglas J. Crawford-Brown

    1. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Curriculum in Public Policy Analysis Carolina Environmental Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Risk, Rationality and Decisions

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    Pages 1-38

  3. The Structure of Environmental Risk Assessments

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    Pages 39-68

  4. Assessing Exposure

    • Douglas J. Crawford-Brown
    Pages 69-93

  5. Exposure-Response Assessment

    • Douglas J. Crawford-Brown
    Pages 95-121

  6. Regulatory Science: Risk and Decisions

    • Douglas J. Crawford-Brown
    Pages 123-157

  7. Uncertainty and Variability Analysis

    • Douglas J. Crawford-Brown
    Pages 159-189

  8. Risk, Systems Analysis and Optimization

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    Pages 191-218

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 221-224
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About this book

Risk-Based Environmental Decision: Methods and Culture presents the principles of human health risk analysis as they are applied in environmental decisions. It balances the discussion of scientific theory and methods, philosophical analysis, and applications in regulatory decisions. The material is directed towards risk analysts who must apply their skills in a policy setting, and towards policy analysts who must use risk estimates. The presentation is suited ideally as an introductory text on the methods of risk analysis and on the cultural issues that underlie these methodologies.
An important feature of Risk-Based Environmental Decision: Methods and Culture is that it is designed around a series of detailed case studies of environmental risk analysis which walk the reader from the historical nature of the problem, to the formulation as a risk-based problem, to the conduct of risk analysis, and on to the application, debate, and defense of the risk analysis.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Curriculum in Public Policy Analysis Carolina Environmental Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Douglas J. Crawford-Brown

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Risk-Based Environmental Decisions

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Culture

  • Authors: Douglas J. Crawford-Brown

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5227-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8624-7Published: 31 October 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7382-7Published: 22 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5227-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 224

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Public Health, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Ecotoxicology

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