Avoiding environmental catastrophes: Varieties of principled precaution

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Alan R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Aldo leopold; Ambiguity; Blaise pascal; Daniel ellsberg; Decision theory; Future generations; Gifford pinchot; Intelligent tinkering; Precautionary principle; Resilience; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867113784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04827-170309     Document Type: Article

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