6. The Merits of the Precautionary Principle

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Emergence of Air Pollution as a Problem
6. 1. Perceptions and Effects of Late Victorian Air Pollution 15
7. 2. “The Invisible Evil” 27
8. 3. Public Perceptions of Smoke Pollution in Victorian Manchester 51
9. 4. Uplands Downwind 77
10. 5. The “Smoky City” between the Wars 100
11. 6. The Merits of the Precautionary Principle 119
12. 7. Interpreting the London Fog Disaster of 1952 154
13. 8. Localizing Smog 170
14. Air Pollution Policy Today
15. 9. A Fine Balance 203
16. 10. Who Owns the Air? 223
17. 11. Air Pollution in Spain 241
18. 12. Clearing the Air and Breathing Freely 261
19. 13. Invisible People, Invisible Places 288
20. 14. Notes from the Field 305
21. 15. The Social and Political Construction of Air Pollution 324
22. Afterword 337
23. Contributors 343
24. Index 349