An edition of Averting catastrophe (1986)

Averting catastrophe

strategies for regulating risky technologies

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Cover of: Averting catastrophe by Joseph G. Morone, Edward J. Woodhouse, Joseph G. Morone
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An edition of Averting catastrophe (1986)

Averting catastrophe

strategies for regulating risky technologies

by and

Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Love Canal are symbols of the potentially catastrophic risks that go hand in hand with much modern technology. This volume is a non-partisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. ... Publisher description.

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
215

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Environmental protection, Risk assessment, Technology, Internationaler Umweltschutz, Umweltschutz, Technologie, Katastrophenschutz, Milieubeleid, Technikbewertung, Technik, Technologisch aspectenonderzoek, Rampen, Social aspects, Hazardous substances, Public health & preventive medicine, Technology: General Issues, History, Sociology, Technology and civilization, Science/Mathematics, General, Human Geography, Science / General, Pollution, Risk, Technology assessment
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Cover of: Averting Catastrophe
Averting Catastrophe: Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologies
August 8, 1988, University of California Press
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Cover of: Averting catastrophe
Averting catastrophe: strategies for regulating risky technologies
1986, University of California Press
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A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
Bibliography: p. 177-202.
Includes index.

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Berkeley

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304.2/
Library of Congress
T174.5 .M68 1986

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x, 215 p. :
Number of pages
215

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OL2542910M
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0520057236, 0520057546
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85024607
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12808570
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4100319
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5026909

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