Rationality and the Environment: Decision-making in Environmental Politics and Assessment

by Bo Elling

Book Overview

Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political assessment frameworks, experts are creating and applying scientific knowledge for decision and management purposes that actually have strong ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Yet these rational political frameworks lack the tools to provide guidance on ethical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849710783
• ISBN13: 9781849710787
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"