Sustainable development, sustainable decisions and the precautionary principle

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-528

  Paterson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Law; Precautionary principle; Science; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547639192     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9071-4     Document Type: Article

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