Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Key Features.
Written by a global group of contributors with backgrounds ranging from philosopher to geo-practitioner, providing a balance of voices.
Includes case studies, showing where experts have gone wrong and where key organizations have ignored facts, wanting assessments favorable to their agendas.
Provides a much needed basis for discussion to guide scientists to consider their responsibilities and to improve communication with the public.
Description.
Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility.
This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspective.
Table of contents.
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Philosophical reflections
Section 3: The ethics of practice
Section 4: Man made hazards
Section 5: Natural hazards
Section 6: Exploitation of resources
Section 7: Low income and indigenous communities
Section 8: Geoscience community
Description:
Published
Description:
3T. Pericolosità sismica e contributo alla definizione del rischio
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5T. Sorveglianza sismica e operatività post-terremoto
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4V. Vulcani e ambiente
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5V. Sorveglianza vulcanica ed emergenze
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4A. Clima e Oceani
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6A. Monitoraggio ambientale, sicurezza e territorio
Description:
open
Keywords:
Geoethics
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Philosophy
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Natural hazards
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Man made hazards
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Georesources
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Low income countries
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Geoscience community
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Communication
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Geoeducation
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Natural risks
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04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.11. Seismic risk
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.08. Volcanic risk
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05. General::05.03. Educational, History of Science, Public Issues::05.03.99. General or miscellaneous
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05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.99. General or miscellaneous
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05. General::05.09. Miscellaneous::05.09.99. General or miscellaneous
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
book
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