Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy - Couverture souple

Oppenheimer, Michael; Oreskes, Naomi; Jamieson, Dale; Brysse, Keynyn; O'Reilly, Jessica; Shindell, Matthew; Wazeck, Milena

 
9780226602011: Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 022660201X ISBN 13 : 9780226602011
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2019

Synopsis

Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed.

Discerning Experts uncovers factors that can generate systematic bias and error, and recommends how the process can be improved. As the first study of the internal workings of large environmental assessments, this book reveals their strengths and weaknesses, and explains what assessments can--and cannot--be expected to contribute to public policy and the common good.

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À propos des auteurs

Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Matthew Shindell curates the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collection of spacecraft, instruments, and other artifacts related to the exploration and study of our Earth and solar system. He co-hosts the Museum's podcast, AirSpace. A historian of science, he is also the author of For the Love of Mars and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey, coauthor of Spaceships and Discerning Experts, and coeditor of Smithsonian American Women.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
022660201X
ISBN 13 
9780226602011
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  022660196X ISBN 13 :  9780226601960
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2019
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