Some Pitfalls of an Overemphasis on Science in Environmental Risk Management Decisions

摘要: This paper addresses the question whether calls for “more” and “better” science will have intended effect of improving quality decisions about environmental risks. There are reasons to be skeptical: key judgment tasks that fundamentally shape many aspects risk management lie outside domain science. These include making value judgments explicit, integrating facts values create innovative alternatives, constructively addressing conflicts uncertainty. To bring new specificity an old debate, we highlight six pitfalls in can occur as result overemphasis on basis choices.