Environmental Dilemmas
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Overview
This book is an account of the factors that have to be weighed in making decisions about the air we breathe, about energy sources, land use, animal welfare, commerical profit and so on. It will be of interest to managers, historians, sociologists, but above all for environmental scientists forced to make decisions on imperfect or incomplete evidence.
Synopsis
This book is an account of the factors that have to be weighed in making decisions about the air we breathe, about energy sources, land use, animal welfare, commerical profit and so on. It will be of interest to managers, historians, sociologists, but above all for environmental scientists forced to make decisions on imperfect or incomplete evidence.
Booknews
Scientists and managers recount their considerations and processes when making decisions that affected the quality of the environment, in such areas as nuclear power, agriculture, and wetland conservation. Other chapters provide overviews and discussions of environmental attitudes in North America and Germany and international actions to protect the environment. Of interest to managers facing similar decisions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)