The precautionary principle and the concept of precaution

Environmental Values

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-475

  Sandin, Per ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Precaution; Precautionary principle; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ETHICS; PERCEPTION; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10844247314     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/0963271042772613     Document Type: Article

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