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Negotiated Regulation, Implementation and Compliance in the United States
(2007)
Interest in the use of so-called voluntary approaches to supplement or replace formal environmental regulation is on the rise, both in Europe and in the United States. These approaches fall into two general categories: (1) ...
Implementing A Precautionary Approach in Decisions Affecting Health, Safety, and the Environment: Risk, Technology Alternatives, and Tradeoff Analysis
(2002-08-14)
Abstract
The precautionary principle is in sharp political focus today because (1) the nature of scientific uncertainty is
changing and (2) there is increasing pressure to base governmental action on more "rational" ...
Reflections on Environmental Liability Schemes in the United States and European Union: Limitations and Prospects for Improvement
(2010-05-27)
We are constantly confronted with cases of severe damage to the environment resulting from human acts. High profile cases capture the international community’s attention briefly such as the infamous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil ...
Major Challenges To Engineering Education for Sustainable Development: What Has to Change to Make it Creative, Effective, and Acceptable to the Established Disciplines
(2004)
Scholars and professionals committed to fostering sustainable development have urged a re-examination of the curriculum and the restructuring of research in engineering-focused institutions of higher learning. The focus ...
The Feasibility of Encouraging Inherently Safer Production in Industrial Firms
(2003)
Summary
Inherent Safety is generally recognised as an important concept in the design of chemical plants. It is,
however, often regarded as the sole province of engineers. Inspired by the successful development in
the ...
Pathways to Sustainability: Evolution or Revolution?
(2002)
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