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Frames in the Toxicity Controversy

Risk Assessment and Policy Analysis Related to the Dutch Chlorine Debate and the Swedish PVC Debate

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-7923-5554-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.1999
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Preface When you write a book like this after ten years' working as an environmental specialist, you end up with something that reflects your career. Of course, when I started working at the Ministry of the Environment in the Netherlands, I could not foresee that I would now be at TNO, nor that I would have performed research into chlorine, PVC, waste, etc., that would come to form the basis for this book. But step by step, with some coincidence and with the support of several people - who were probably unaware of the crucial role that, with hindsight, they played - I arrived at a position where I could start to consider this enterprise. At this point I shall try something dangerous - thanking a few of those people who gave that support. At the same time, it is obvious that I cannot mention them all. I hope that those whom I do not mention will forgive me. A first, crucial moment in this sequence of events came quite soon after I joined TNO in 1990. Just a few weeks later, all the senior staff in my section decided to leave in order to set up their own company. I decided to stay at TNO. As a consequence, I had to manage it on my own.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780792355540
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-7923-5554-0
  • Verlag: Springer Netherlands
  • Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.1999
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1999
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 1650 g
  • Seiten: 382
  • Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 27 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

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1 Introduction.- 1.1 Man-made chemicals and society.- 1.2 The context of the toxicity controversy.- 1.3 The problem.- 1.4 Study approach.- 1.5 Structure of this book.- 2 The role of science in controversies.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The status of knowledge.- 2.3 Robustness of knowledge claims in environmental controversies.- 2.4 Views on frame conflict and its drivers.- 2.5 Decision making in frame conflict.- 2.6 Problem definition.- 3 The toolbox for evaluations of environmental performance.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The toolbox for environmental evaluations.- 3.3 System definition.- 3.4 Interpretation: a general framework.- 3.5 Interpretation: toxic effects.- 3.6 Conclusion: a review of the toolbox and its robustness.- 4 Chlorine in the Netheriands: an analysis of environmental bottlenecks and uncertainties.- 4.1 The chlorine debate.- 4.2 Goal and approach.- 4.3 Methodology.- 4.4 Results: identifiable environmental bottlenecks.- 4.5 Results: the uncertainties concerning the impacts of chlorine.- 4.6 Conclusions.- 5 PVC in Sweden: an analysis of environmental bottlenecks.- 5.1 The PVC debate.- 5.2 Goal and approach.- 5.3 Methodology.- 5.4 Results.- 5.5 Conclusions.- 6 The Dutch chlorine debate.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Approach of the analysis.- 6.3 The actors in the Dutch chlorine debate.- 6.4 The Dutch chlorine debate.- 6.5 Analysis and conclusions.- 7 The Swedish PVC-debate.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Approach of the analysis.- 7.3 The actors in the Swedish PVC debate.- 7.4 The Swedish PVC debate.- 7.5 Analysis and conclusions.- 8 Conclusions.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 The frames and driving factors.- 8.3 Robustness of knowledge claims and environmental evaluation tools.- 8.4 The process of decision making.- 9 Reflections and recommendations.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Suggestions for decision making in toxicity policy.- 9.3 Suggestions for decision making about chlorine and PVC.- 9.4 Recommendations for the generation of robust knowledge.- 9.5 Recommendations on the process of decision making.- 9.6 The final word: towards robust decision making in toxicity policy?.- Literature.