Riskbased Environmental Decisions Methods And Culture

Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions is about a specific promise that participation holds for environmental decision-making. Many of the arguments for public participation in (inter)national environmental policy documents are functional, that is to say they see public participation as a means to an end. Sound solutions to environmental problems require participation beyond experts and political elites. Neglecting information from the public leads to legitimacy questions and potential conflicts.

This book examines the analysis of uncertainty and explains the statement of task and summarizes the findings to provide guidance to its decision makers and their partners in states and localities on approaches to managing risk in different contexts when uncertainty is present. It also sought guidance on how information on uncertainty should be presented to help risk managers make sound decisions and to increase transparency in its communications with the public about those decisions.

This volume continues discussions on research topics related to the fields of food science, intelligent systems, molecular biomedicine, water science, and creation and theories of culture.