Development, application and assessment of a taxonomy for characterizing international environmental problems. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6618481

Koehler, M D; Marrs, J A

As national leaders become increasingly aware of the environmental risks that modern technology adds to existing natural environmental problems, they have begun to search for ways to prioritize the risks they face. Several experts in risk assessment, including Professor Gordon Goodman of the Stockholm Environmental Institute, researchers at Clark University's Center for Environment, Technology, Development (CENTED), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, have already developed some hazard characterization taxonomies that attempt to fill this need. The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) taxonomy if the next iteration of taxonomies designed to characterize environmental problems. The purpose of this Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) is to test and evaluate the KSG taxonomy. In order to accomplish these goals, the United States and India are presented as case studies. The final section of this PAE provides recommendations to policy makers who use the KSG taxonomy.

• Research Organization: Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6618481
• Report Number(s): AD-A-222815/3/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-90-028
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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