{"product_id":"handbook-for-environmental-risk-decision-c-richard-cothern-9781566701310","title":"Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and Ethics","description":"This handbook describes the broad aspects of risk management involving scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. This book presents all the important concepts to enable the reader to \"see the big picture.\" This ability is extremely important - it allows the decision maker or strategic environmental planner to understand and cope with a wide variety of complex and interlinked pieces of information and data. The text presents environmental problems and, whenever applicable, the methodology required to reach a successful solution. Decisions and policies are examined. The book covers numerous objective and subjective components of environmental risk decision making. It details quantitative and comparative risk, and investigates the cost and feasibility of different decisions. Social pressures, safety, and political, religious, ethical, and psychological issues are addressed. How to evaluate the potential impact on the quality of life also is discussed. Any company doing risk assessment, risk management, or risk communication, as well as those doing environmental decision making will find this reference to be invaluable. It is also suitable as a text for courses in environmental management, environmental science, and risk assessment in the areas of risk management and strategic environmental planning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Richard Cothern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566701317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566701310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.49h x 6.42w x 1.11d","brand":"C. Richard Cothern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088568103167,"sku":"9781566701310","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9ff8157-d9e4-488c-80fe-a7a209f9583d.jpg?v=1769105494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/handbook-for-environmental-risk-decision-c-richard-cothern-9781566701310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}