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Managing Technological and Environmental Risks in Japan
Author(s) -
Ikeda Saburo
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1986.tb00952.x
Subject(s) - hazard , politics , risk analysis (engineering) , technological change , quality (philosophy) , business , risk perception , interface (matter) , perception , public economics , environmental planning , engineering , political science , economics , geography , psychology , pulmonary surfactant , philosophy , chemistry , gibbs isotherm , organic chemistry , epistemology , neuroscience , chemical engineering , law , macroeconomics
This paper is primarily concerned with environmental risks arising from utilizing modern technology. Our attention focuses on the interface between policy decisions and regulatory measures. The interface involves not only science and technology but also politics and social values, and perceptions which are deeply rooted in the industrial countries. A case of setting air quality standards and regulatory practices in Japan is studied on the basis of scientific and technological knowledge, economic cost, and subjective judgment of what constitutes an acceptable level of risk or health hazard.