Avoiding Environmental Catastrophes: Varieties of Principled Precaution
The precautionary principle is often proposed as a guide to action in environmental management or risk assessment, and has been incorporated in various legal and regulatory contexts. For many, it reflects the common sense notion of being safe rather than sorry, but it has attracted numerous critics....
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| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss3/art9/ |