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090 _aTD194.6
_b.T875 2006
092 _a333.714
_bA846
245 0 0 _aAssessments of regional and global environmental risks
_h[electronic resource] :
_bdesigning processes for the effective use of science in decisionmaking /
_cedited by Alexander E. Farrell, Jill J�ager.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bResources for the Future,
_cc2006.
300 _axii, 301 p. :
_bill., map.
500 _a"An RFF Press book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
530 _aAlso available in print edition.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0 _aEnvironmental impact analysis.
650 0 _aDecision making.
650 0 _aEnvironmental policy.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aFarrell, Alexander E.
700 1 _aJ�ager, Jill.
776 1 _z1933115041 (hardcover : alk. paper)
_z193311505X (pbk. : alk. paper)
_z9781933115054
_z9781933115047
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781936331574
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