
Geoethics
Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences
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
Readership
Geoscientists, legislators and decision-makers
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
Product details
- No. of pages: 450
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2014
- Published: November 13, 2014
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128000762
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780127999357
About the Editors
Max Wyss
Affiliations and Expertise
Silvia Peppoloni
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
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Andrea A. Mon May 14 2018
Geoethics challanges
A complete review and treatise of the complex and interdisciplinary geoethics subjects; a cross-disciplinary issue that is one of the most important to deal with nowadays in relation to the global changes.
Andrea A. Thu Jan 25 2018
Geoethics challanges
The book is collection of paper well organized about the main topics and challenges for geoethics. The case studies persented clarify what the geoscientists are expected to do immediately.