Risk, Science & Technology Books

New and Published Books

1. The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage

   Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation

   Edited by Nils Markusson, Simon Shackley, Benjamin Evar

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged rapidly as a crucial technological option for decarbonising electricity supply and mitigating climate change. Great hopes are being pinned on this new technology but it is also facing growing scepticism and criticism. This book is the first to bring...

   Published May 3rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Negotiating Environment and Science

   "An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station"

   By Richard J. Smith

   In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as...

   Published March 1st 2012 by RFF Press
3. Risk Analysis and Human Behavior

   By Baruch Fischhoff

   Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series

   The articles collected here are foundational contributions to integrating behavioural research and risk analysis. They include seminal articles on three essential challenges. One is ensuring effective two-way communication between technical experts and the lay public, so that risk analyses address...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
4. Judgment and Decision Making

   By Baruch Fischhoff

   Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series

   Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory, management science). It employs both empirical methods, to study how decisions are...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
5. Dynamics of Disaster

   Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery

   Edited by Rachel A. Dowty Beech, Barbara Allen

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting...

   Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge
6. Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals

   Human Perceptions, Attitudes and Approaches to Management

   Edited by Ian D. Rotherham, Robert A. Lambert

   There have been many well-publicized cases of invasive species of plants and animals, often introduced unintentionally but sometimes on purpose, causing widespread ecological havoc. Examples of such alien invasions include pernicious weeds such as Japanese knotweed, an introduced garden ornamental...

   Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Regulating Technology

   International Harmonization and Local Realities

   By Patrick van Zwanenberg, Adrian Ely, Adrian Smith

   Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series

   Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across the world is at odds with the increasingly diverse local settings in which they are implemented. The authors use a 'framings' approach that starts with the concerns and experiences of...

   Published April 4th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Politics of Asbestos

   Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest

   By Linda Waldman

   Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series

   Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase. Meanwhile, in many newly-industrializing and developing countries, asbestos use continues unabated. This book, based on anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa, explores people's understandings of their illness,...

   Published March 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. Reducing Disaster Risks

   Progress and Challenges in the Caribbean Region

   Edited by Ian Davis, Steve Bender, Fred Krimgold, Franklin McDonald

   Series: Environmental Hazards Series

   Are we winning or losing the battle for safe environments? In 1984, leading disaster risk management professionals and researchers met in Jamaica for the Ocho Rios conference on Disaster Mitigation. In this collection, key experts reflect on the progress made in disaster risk reduction since that...

   Published March 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Integrating Science and Policy

    Vulnerability and Resilience in Global Environmental Change

    By Roger E. Kasperson, Mimi Berberian

    Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

    As progress towards a greater knowledge in sustainability science continues, the question of how better to integrate scientific progress with actual decisions made by practitioners remains paramount. This book aims to help close the gap between science and practice. Based on a two year...

    Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge