ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING: THE ROLE OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND THE PUBLIC by Ronnie Harding (Editor) ( 9781862872790 )

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Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING: THE ROLE OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND THE PUBLIC
THE ROLES OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE PUBLIC

By:

Ronnie Harding (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1862872791

ISBN 13:

9781862872790

Publisher:

FEDERATION PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 1998

Pages:

382

Description:

Improves the capacity of engineering and science-based students to undertake their professional activities understanding not only the technological but also the social and value components associated with the environmental impacts of their professional activities.

Synopsis:

This book focuses on the interaction of environmental engineers and scientists with key stakeholders aaC--" government, industry, the public and community groups aaC--" and on the interface between the technical inputs to environmental decision-making and the socio-political context in which decisions are made. Effective professional scientists and engineers need to understand this context aaC--" the socially-derived factors which influence the fate of their input to decision-making aaC--" as well as the social and values-based components of their professional practice that in turn influence its interpretation. Each chapter evaluates a stage in the process of decision-making and there are also chapters which explore conceptual themes, including 'world views', public participation, risk, professional responsibility and politics.

Illustrations:

illustrations

Publication:

Australia

Imprint:

Federation Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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