Nanotechnology, risk and upstream public engagement
Hazard and risk. Special issue
Participation ; Public opinion ; Risk ; Technologicalrisk ; Technology
Etude de la relation troublante entre les technologies émergentes, le caractère incertain et amplifiant du risque technologique, et le domaine public. Des décalages, bouleversements et des distorsions existent entre les forces qui guident les
sciences et technologies nouvelles, et les valeurs et sensibilités publiques au sens large.
to the prevention of hazardoud incidents in technical establishments and how these instruments can be optimized or improved. The development of a three-phase risk-information-system enables the derivation of different risk-areas for a better consideration
of technical risks by urban and regional planning. (IFL)
Relevant technology and agricultural development: some experiences from northern Nigeria
New technology in producing maize, sorghum, cotton and groundnuts, while appropriate to poor farmers in high risk, low potential areas, still require a significant jump from traditional methods. (EMS).
The ecology of technologicalrisk in a Sunbelt city
Arizona ; Environment ; Industrial waste ; Nuisance ; Social inequality ; Spatial distribution ; Technologicalrisk ; Toxic waste ; United States of America ; Urban area
Analyse statique comparative sur le choix par une firme de la localisation d'une production, compte tenu de variations dans le degré d'aversion du risque, et d'incertitudes relatives aux prix et aux technologies.
A policy response to regional disparities in the supply of risk capital to new technology-based firms in the European Union : the European seed capital fund scheme
Enterprise ; Europe ; European Union ; Investment ; Job creation ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Small and medium sized enterprises ; Technology ; Venture capital
Chernobyl - Ground Zero - Banda Aceh : shock waves originating from these disaster spots moved around the globe and in Western societies left behind a feeling of anxiety. Such a mood of a World Risk Society (Beck 2007) is based on the experience
that in the past years scientific knowledge about specific risk factors has grown immensely, at the same time natural and technical disasters as well as terror attacks could not be preventedor mitigated. Under such circumstances living with risks will become a key