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Assessments of regional and global environmental risks

Assessments of regional and global environmental risks designing processes for the effective use of science in decisionmaking / [electronic resource] : edited by Alexander E. Farrell, Jill J�ager. - Washington, D.C. : Resources for the Future, c2006. - xii, 301 p. : ill., map.

"An RFF Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview : understanding design choices / Alex E. Farrell, Jill J�ager, and Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 2. European politics with a scientific face : framing, asymmetrical participation, and capacity in LRTAP / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 3. Dissent and trust in multilateral assessments : comparing LRTAP and OTAG / Alexander E. Farrell and Terry J. Keating -- 4. Applying assessment lessons to new challenges : from sulfur to POPs / Noelle Eckley Selin -- 5. Making climate change impacts meaningful : framing, methods, and process in coastal zone and agriculture assessments / Marybeth Long Martello and Alastair Iles -- 6. Dealing with uncertainty : how do you assess the impossible? / Anthony Patt -- 7. Limits to assessment : an example from regional abrupt climate change assessment in the United States / David C. Lund -- 8. Can assessments learn, and if so, how? : a study of the IPCC / Bernd Siebenh�uner -- 9. The design and management of international scientific assessments : lessons from the climate regime / Clark A. Miller -- 10. Designing better environmental assessments for developing countries : lessons from the U.S. country studies program / Oladele A. Ogunseitan -- 11. Grounds for hope : assessing technological options to manage ozone depletion / Edward A. Parson -- 12. Global hazards and catastrophic risk : assessments in the reinsurance industry / Mojdeh Keykhah -- 13. Making sustainability assessments more useful for institutional investors / Bernd Kasemir, Andrea S�uess, and Raphael Schaub -- 14. Improving the practice of environmental assessment / Jill J�ager and Alexander E. Farrell.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781936331574 (ebook : PDF)


Environmental impact analysis.
Decision making.
Environmental policy.


Electronic books.