Environmental Dilemmas Ethics and decisions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Berry, R.J (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1993.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Ecology.; Civil engineering.; Nature conservation.; Economics.; Management science.; Nature Conservation.; Civil Engineering.; Economics, general.

This is a book by people who have had to make decisions which affect the environment in which we all live, decisions which sometimes affect the quality of life of millions. It is not an academic disquisition on how to approach decision-making. Most of the chapters are written by scientists who have...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Environmental decision-making
• Environmental attitudes in North America
• Environmental attitudes in Germany: the transfer of scientific information into political action
• Case study: air quality
• Case study: the history and ethics of clean air
• Case study: nuclear power
• Case study: agricultural plenty — more or less farming for the environment?
• Case study: farm animals
• Case study: lowland wetland conservation
• Case study: nature conservation — a Scottish memoir
• Case study: research
• Case study: economics — the challenge of integrated pollution control
• Case study: industry
• Case study: the Government sector
• Environmental concern.