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Forlagets beskrivelse: NCRP Report No. 171, Uncertainties in the Estimation of Radiation Risks and Probability of Disease Causation, considers the types and magnitude of the several uncertainties that are a component of the risk assessment process for cancer, heritable and nonca…
Material politics: disputes along the pipeline
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In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact. Presents an original…
This is the first comprehensive exploration of why human security is relevant to the Arctic and what achieving it can mean, covering the areas of health of the environment, identity of peoples, supply of traditional foods, community health, economic opportunities, and political …
Even under the most optimistic scenarios, significant global climate change is now inevitable. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this book presents replicable sustainability successes and clear-cut policy recommendations that can improve the climate resi…
This book shows how some of the most popular "risk analysis" methods are no better than astrology - they are not based on anything an actuary or statistician would recognize as sound, quantitative analysis. Businesses, governments, and the public have completely unrealistic perc…
