Averting Catastrophe: Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologies - Softcover

Morone, Joseph G.; Woodhouse, Edward J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520057546 ISBN 13: 9780520057548

Publisher: University of California Press, 1988

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520057546
• ISBN 13: 9780520057548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224