Environmental Utilization Space Between Science and Politics |
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Authors: | Volkert Beekman |
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Institution: | (1) Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), P.O. Box 29703, 2502 LS The Hague, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | This paper addresses the issue of operationalizing, or quantifying, sustainable development as a practical guideline for day-to-day environmental policy-making. It criticizes attempts at quantifying some environmental utilization space and argues that the uncertainty of scientific knowledge about the unintended environmental repercussions of consumptive choices casts serious doubt about attempts to justify government intervention in non-sustainable lifestyles. |
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Keywords: | environment risks trust uncertainty |
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