Averting catastrophe: Strategies for regulating risky technologies - Hardcover

Morone, Joseph G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520057236 ISBN 13: 9780520057234

Publisher: University of California Press, 1986

Synopsis

Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Love Canal are symbols of the potentially catastrophic risks that go hand in hand with much modern technology. This volume is a non-partisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse both teach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Review

"In a world that is largely defined by high technologies, it is essential to know which of those technologies is risky and how serious the risks are. . . . The authors make perceptive observations, distill important lessons and offer sensible recommendations for future policies and institutional structures." -- The Los Angeles Times

"The cases are presented evenhandedly and in straightforward language. General audiences will find them readable, and technical readers will benefit from being led through them in calm recollection." -- William W. Lowrance, The Scientist

"Well-written, concise, and accessible." -- Dudley J. Burton, Political Science Quarterly Review

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520057236
• ISBN 13: 9780520057234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215