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Ignorance, research and decisions about abandoned opencast coal mines

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Many controversies over new technologies and science applications have been viewed as public opposition to risks being ‘unloaded’ onto society. In this article a case is discussed that appears to be the reverse, since it points to public pressure for the application of research, with a call for action in face of known knowledge gaps and lack of certainty. Using the example of the ecological restoration of an opencast mining pit in the southern outskirts of the city of Leipzig in eastern Germany, I will illustrate how social acceptability and scientific reliability can be described with an experimental framework. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Matthias Gross, 2010. "Ignorance, research and decisions about abandoned opencast coal mines," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 37(2), pages 125-134, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:37:y:2010:i:2:p:125-134
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