Benefits Assessment The State of the Art
In recent years there has been substantial interest in benefits assessment methods, especially as these methods are used to assess health, safety, and environmental issues. At least part of this interest can be traced to Executive Order 12291, issued by P
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In addition to its French and Italian origins, the English word risk has two other possible derivations which are interesting to contemplate: the Vulgar Latin word resecum, meaning danger, rock, risk at sea, and the Greek word rhiza, cliff, through the meaning "to sail round a cliff. " Though unattested, these classical sources are appealing to the editors for the visual image they evoke: Ulysses and his men making their perilous voyage between Scylla and Charybdis in the Strait of Messina.
Technology, Risk, and Society An International Series in Risk Analysis Editors: Joshua Menkes, National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C, U.S.A. Vincent T. Covello , National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C, U.S.A. Jeryl Mumpower, State University of New York, Albany, U.S.A. Stuart F. Spieker, University of Connecticut, Farmington, U.S.A.
International Advisory Board: Berndt Brehmer, Psykologiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden Timothy O'Riordan, School of Environmental Studies, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Henrique Machado-Jorge, S. and T. Resources Survey and Analysis Service, JNICT, Lisboa, Portugal Giancarlo Pinchera, ENEA-Direzioni Centrale Studi, Roma, Italy Saburo Ikeda, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Francis Fagnani, Centre d' Etude sur l' Evaluation de la Protection dans Ie Domaine Nucleaire (CEPN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Ian Burton, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada B. Bowonder, Center for Energy, Environment, and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India Howard Kunreuther, Department of Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Robert Kates, Center for Technology, Environment, and Development, Clark University, Worcester, U.S.A. Ortwin Renn, KFA, Programmgruppe Kernenergie und Umwelt, Julich, West Germany Herbert Paschen, Abteilung fur Angewandte Systemanalyse, Gesellschaft fur Kernforschung GmbH, Karlsruhe, West Germany Charles Vlek, Instituut voor Experimentele Psychologie der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands Pieter Jan M. Stallen, Centre for Technology and Policy Studies (TNO) Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.
Benefits Assessment The State of the Art
Edited by
Judith D. Bentkover, Vincent T. Covello, and Jeryl Mumpower
D. Reidel Publishing Company A MEMBER OF THE KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP
Dordrecht / Boston / Lancaster / Tokyo
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Main entry under title: Benefits assessment. (Technology, risk, and society; v.1) Includes index. 1. Cost effectiveness - Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Policy sciences - Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Public welfare - Cost effectiveness - Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Bentkover, Judith D. II. Covello, Vincent T. III. Mumpower, Jeryl, 1949IV. Series. 85-19438 HD47.4.B46 1985 361.6'1 e-ISBN
