Publication Date

1-1-1986

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Legacy Department

Department of Political Science

Abstract

Environmental mishaps are not uncommon. But the negative consequences of them can be great; consider such recent disasters as Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez, and Hurricane Andrew. In such cases, the story is all over the news. However, the media tend to cover stories while they are fresh and often fail to look back later to analyze the long-term consequences. Long-term studies are crucial, especially when the environmental disaster was not a natural disaster, but rather a man-induced one. If people know the magnitude of the problems their actions may cause—problems that may not fade away with time—there is a much greater probability that they will find ways to proceed differently in the future.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Extent

29 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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