Discerning experts : the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy / Michael Oppenheimer [and six others]
'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 o...
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Full Text (via University Press Scholarship Online) |
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| Other title: | Chicago scholarship online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
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2019.
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| Summary: | '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. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226602158 (ebook) |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 28, 2019) |