Environmental Standards Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management / edited by Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn.

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Other Authors: Pinkau, Klaus (Editor), Renn, Ortwin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Necessity and Function of Environmental Standards
  • 2 Scientific-Medical Foundations of Radiation Protection
  • 3 Development of Environmental Standards for Radiation and Other Noxae
  • 4 Individual, Social and Governmental Risk Assessment and Perception
  • 5 Formal Criteria and Instruments for Improving the Decision Process
  • 6 Institutional and Organizational Perspectives
  • Conclusions.