Better environmental regulation - contributions from risk-based decision-making

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5283-5288

  Gouldson, A ^a   Morton, A ^b   Pollard, S J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Better; Environment Agency; Modern; Policy; Regulation; Risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS;

ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING; BETTER; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; MODERN; REGULATION; RISK BASED APPROACHES; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; RISK-BASED REGULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68049093931     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.013     Document Type: Note

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