From risk assessment to knowledge mapping: Science, precaution, and participation in disease ecology

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Stirling, Andy C ^a   Scoones, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ignorance; Participation; Precaution; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AVES;

EID: 73849109204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02980-140214     Document Type: Article

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