Product Details
Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World

Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World
By Daniel A. Farber

List Price: $20.00
Price: $18.00 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 12 days
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com

20 new or used available from $8.24

Product Description

Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope of environmental problems.

"A comprehensive well-argued effort to address many of the most difficult issues facing legislators concerned with environmental issues."—Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review

"A timely and well-argued contribution."—Calestous Juma, Nature

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #414685 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 210 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
As a nation, we are committed in principle to environmental protection. But on a practical level, heated debates rage over exactly what that means. From global warming and biodiversity to food safety, environmental problems continue to bedevil regulators in a widening range of contexts. Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope (or even the existence) of environmental problems.