India's risks : democratizing the management of threats to environment, health, and values

A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and ind...

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Moor
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Rajeev Gowda, M. V (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), Moor, Raphaelle (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values. Some of the issues that this volume explores are: what counts as an 'acceptable' risk, and who decides? How should divergent perceptions of risks be reconciled? And, where is the line between science and politics?
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-908308-8
Schlagworte:
Risk management > India > Congresses.
Environmental policy > India > Congresses.
Public health > India > Congresses.
Science and state > India > Congresses.
Technology and state > India > Congresses.
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