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1 online resource (315 pages) : Viewed from the perspective of environmental management, this study describes the implications and applications of the precautionary principle - a theory of avoiding risk even when its likelihood seems remote. This principle has been employed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the North Atlantic Convention, yet it is not widely understood. This study examines the history and context of the principle, and its applications to law, governmental policies, business and investment, scientific research and international relations Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Interpreting the Precautionary Principle; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Part I -- History and Context of the Precautionary Principle; 1 The History and contemporary significance of the precautionary principle; 2 The precautionary principle in Germany -- enabling government; Part II -- Implications for Science; Editorial Introduction; 3 Precaution, science and the sin of hubris; 4 What if? versus If it ain't broke, don't fix it; 5 Taking care; 6 The social construction of precaution; Part III -- Implications for Management;
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Timothy O'Riordan; James Cameron
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134165780
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Management, Nature, Economics