Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding

Worst Things First (eBook, PDF)

The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities

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Produktbeschreibung

For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. Agencies, however, typically lack a self-conscious process for examining priorities, much less an explicit method for defining what priorities should be. Worst Things First? illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals surprising limitations to quantitative risk assessment as an instrument for precise tuning of policy judgments. The book also demonstrates the strength of political and social forces opposing the exclusive use of risk assessment in setting environmental priorities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135890261
• Artikelnr.: 41221110

Autorenporträt

Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding

Inhaltsangabe

ForewordTerry DaviesPrefaceAdam M. Finkel and Dominic GoldingPart I:
IntroductionConference Background and Overview1. Should We---and Can
We---Reduce the Worst Risks First?Adam M. FinkelKeynote Address2.
Rationalism and Redemocratization: Time for a TruceAlice M. RivlinPart II:
The EPA ParadigmFraming the Debate3. EPA's Vision for Setting National
Environmental PrioritiesF. Henry Habicht II4. An Overview of Risk-Based
Priority Setting at EPACharles W. Kent and Frederick W. Allen5. Integrating
Science, Values, and Democracy through Comparative Risk AssessmentJonathan
Lash6. A Proposal to Address, Rather than Rank, Environmental ProblemsMary
O'BrienMethodological Concerns7. Current Priority-Setting Methodology: Too
Little Rationality or Too Much?Dale Hattis and Robert L. Goble8.
Quantitative Risk Ranking: More Promise Than the Critics SuggestM. Granger
MorganProcedural Concerns9. Paradigms, Process, and Politics: Risk and
Regulatory DesignDonald T. Hornstein10. Is Reducing Risk the Real Objective
of Risk Management?Richard B. BelzerImplementation Concerns11. State
Concerns in Setting Environmental Priorities: Is the Risk-Based Paradigm
the Best We Can Do?Victoria J. Tschinkel12. The States: The National
Laboratory for the Risk-Based Paradigm?G. Tracy Mehan IIIConsolidating the
Discussions13. Working Group DiscussionsAdam M. Finkel and Dominic
GoldingPart III: Three Alternative ParadigmsThe Prevention Paradigm14.
Pollution Prevention: Putting Comparative Risk Assessment in Its PlaceBarry
Commoner15. Hammers Don't Cut Wood: Why We Need Pollution Prevention and
Comparative Risk AssessmentJohn D. GrahamThe Environmental Justice
Paradigm16. Unequal Environmental Protection: Incorporating Environmental
Justice in Decision MakingRobert D. Bullard17. Risk-Based Priorities and
Environmental JusticeAlbert L. NicholsThe Industrial Transformation
Paradigm18. An Innovation-Based Strategy for the EnvironmentNicholas A.
Ashford19. Promoting Innovation 'The Easy Way'James D. WilsonPart IV:
Conclusions20. Summary of Closing Panel DiscussionAdam M. Finkel and
Dominic Golding21. Recurring Themes and Points of ContentionAdam M. Finkel
and Dominic Golding22. AfterthoughtsAdam M. FinkelAppendix