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  3. High risk technologies

High risk technologies

Broader

Hazardous geo-engineering
Presentable

Aggravates

Uncontrolled environmental impact of technology
Presentable
Risk of ecoaccidents
Presentable
Adverse consequences of scientific and technological progress
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Inadequate risk management
Unpresentable

Strategy

Risking technologies
Yet to rate
Reducing high risk technologies
Yet to rate

Value

Risk-aversion
Yet to rate
Risk
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High-spiritedness
Yet to rate
High-mindedness
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Reference

Morone, Joseph G and Woodhouse, Edward J: Averting Catastrophe: strategies for regulating risky technologies

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Societal problems » Hazards
  • Technology » Technology
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F3514
    DOCID
    11635140
    D7NID
    153753
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020