Living with uncertainty: From the precautionary principle to the methodology of ongoing normative assessment

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-474

  Dupuy, Jean Pierre ^a   Grinbaum, Alexei ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Cognitive barriers; Ongoing normative assessment; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 14944369402     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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