Discerning experts : the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy

Author(s)

• Oppenheimer, Michael
• Oreskes, Naomi
• Jamieson, Dale
• Brysse, Keynyn
• O'Reilly, Jessica
• Shindell, Matthew
• Wazeck, Milena

Bibliographic Information

Discerning experts : the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy

Michael Oppenheimer ... [et al.]

University of Chicago Press, 2019

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• The need for expert judgment
• Assessing acid rain in the United States: the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
• Assessing ozone depletion
• Assessing the ice: sea level rise predictions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 1981-2007
• Patrolling the science/policy border
• What assessments do
• Conclusion

Details

• NCID: BB27934810
• ISBN:
  • 9780226601960
• LCCN: 2018021455
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 281p.
• Classification:
  • LCC : GE70
  • DC23 : 363.7/0561
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Environmental sciences -- Research -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Environmental sciences -- Research -- Evaluation -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Acid rain -- Research -- United States -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (U.S.)
  • LCSH : Ozone layer depletion -- Research -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Sea level -- Research -- Antarctica -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Environmental policy -- Research -- United States
  • LCSH : Research -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Expertise