Environmental decisions in the face of uncertainty /

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"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. As part of that mission, EPA estimates the nature, magnitude, and likelihood of risks to human health and the en...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2013]
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Decision making.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental policy > United States > Decision making.
Public health > Risk assessment > United States.
Public health > Environmental aspects > United States.
Medical policy.
Decision making.
Environmental health.
Risk assessment.
Health Policy
Decision Making
Environmental Health
Risk Assessment
Uncertainty
Government Regulation
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Prise de décision.
Santé publique > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis.
Santé publique > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire.
Prise de décision.
Hygiène du milieu.
Évaluation du risque.
decision making.
risk assessment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Risk assessment
Medical policy
Environmental health
Decision making
Environmental policy > Decision making
Public health > Environmental aspects
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Risk Assessment and Uncertainty
  • Uncertainty in Technological and Economic Factors in EPA's Decision Making
  • Uncertainty and Decision Making: Lessons from Other Public Health Contexts
  • Incorporating Uncertainty into Decision Making
  • Communication of Uncertainty
  • Synthesis and Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Approaches to Accounting for Uncertainty
  • Appendix B: Committee Member Biographical Sketches
  • Appendix C: Meeting Agendas.

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