Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic...
Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models often yield answers that support unwise policies.
- Autoren: Orrin H. Pilkey , Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
- 2007, 230 Seiten, Maße: 16,1 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0231132123
- ISBN-13: 9780231132121
"[This] readily accessible book should be read by any activist who's ever had to face off against the opposition's engineers." -- Earth Island Journal
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