Prediction
Subtitle: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature
Contributors: Orrin H. Pilkey (Contributor); Thomas R. Stewart (Contributor); Rob Ravenscroft (Contributor); Thomas L. Anderson (Contributor); Shirley Mattingly (Contributor); Denis Walaker (Contributor); Jack Fellows (Contributor); J. Michael Pendleton (Contributor); Ronald Brunner (Contributor); Stanley A. Changnon (Contributor); Clark Chapman (Contributor); Don Gauteir (Contributor); Charles Herrick (Contributor); William Hooke (Contributor); Dale Jamieson (Contributor); Daniel Sarewitz (Editor); Roger A. Pielke (Editor); Radford Byerly (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781559637763
Subjects: Central government policies; Pollution & threats to the environment; General; Environmental Science; Science; Environmental Studies; Science and state; Nature/Ecology; Public Policy - General; Science / Environmental Science; Decision making; Forecasting
First sentence: Policy makers have called upon scientists to predict the occurrence, magnitude, and impacts of natural and human-induced environmental phenomena ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to global climate change and the behavior of hazardous waste.
Description: "Prediction offers a wide-ranging look at the scientific, political, and social factors involved in using science-based predictions to guide policy. The book includes ten case studies on subjects ranging from asteroid paths to climate change to nuclear waste disposal, and it proposes a practical framework for the use of predictive science."--BOOK JACKET.