Science for Policy
New Challenges, New Opportunities
Published on 16. July 2009
Book
Hardback
390 pages
978-0-19-569849-7 (ISBN)
Description
The essays deal with policy issues relating to environment governance in a situation where relevant scientific knowledge is uncertain and contextual. Recent debates in the context include climate change, genetically modified foods, and sustainable development. When stakes are high and decisions are urgent, new approaches are required for knowledge production and policy making. Divided into five parts, the volume features: I. methodological perspectives; II. GMO policies covering bio-safety laws; III. climate change policy; IV. energy policy: nuclear waste, corporate energy strategies; V. sustainable development: assessment tools, S&T Policymaking, and water governance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Illustrations
tables and figures
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-569849-7 (9780195698497)
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Content
SCIENCE FOR POLICY: NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES- A PROSPECTUS; FOREWORD; BORDER CROSSINGS: SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY;PART 1 METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN POLICY RELEVANT SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT; 1 UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT IN A DELIBERATIVE PERSPECTIVE; 2 A QUALITY ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY-MAKING: PROPOSING A QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSISTANT TOOL (QAAT);3 MULTI-CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT;PART 2 SCIENCE IN THE GMOS POLICY;4 THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE: GMOS AND THE AGONIZING PARADIGM OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE; 5 MEXICO'S BIOSAFETY POLICY REGIME: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS 6 SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN DEBATE ON GM MORATORIA VS. COEXISTENCE;7 CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE REGULATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS;8 ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN FOOD POLICY MAKING: THE CASE OF GMOS;; PART 3 SCIENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY;9 IS CLIMATE CHANGE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEFENSIBLE?: A CRITIQUE OF THE STERN REPORT; 10 UNCERTAINTY COMMUNICATION: THE IPCC REPORTS; 11 ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY IN THE ARCTIC - UNCERTAINTY, KNOWLEDGE AND PRECAUTION; PART 4 SCIENCE IN ENERGY POLICY;12 RADIOACTIVITY WITHIN WITHOUT; IGNORING THE COSTS: ENERGY PLANNING AND THE DISMAL ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA;14 RE-NEGOTIATING THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL COST CALCULATIONS IN THE BELGIAN NUCLEAR AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEBATE;; PART 5 SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY; 15 IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND QUANTITATIVE MODELLING IN EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENT;16 INNOVATION FOR ECO-FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT - TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND POLICY-MAKING;17 QUALITY TALES IN SUSTAINABLE? WATER GOVERNANCE CASES