Controversies in Science and Technology From Sustainability to Surveillance [Hardcover]

When it comes to any current scientific debate, there are more than two sides to every story.Controversies in Science and Technology, Volume 4analyzes controversial topics in science and technology-infrastructure, ecosystem management, food security, and plastics and health-from multiple points of view. The editors have compiled thought-provoking essays from a variety of experts from academia and beyond, creating a volume that addresses many of the issues surrounding these scientific debates.
Part I of the volume discusses infrastructure, and the real meaning behind the term in today's society. Essays address the central issues that motivate current discussion about infrastructure, including writing on the vulnerability to disasters. Part II, titled Food Policy, will focus on the challenges of feeding an ever-growing world and the costs of not doing so. Part III features essays on chemicals and environmental health, and works to define safety as it relates to today's scientific community. The book's final section examines ecosystem management. In the end, Kleinman, Cloud-Hansen, and Handelsman provide a multifaceted volume that will be appropriate for anyone hoping to understand arguments surrounding several of today's most important scientific controversies.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: From Sustainability to Surveillance
Robert M. Chiles
Part 1: Infrastructure Development: Resilience, Privacy, and Wellbeing
2. Our Fragile Infrastructure: Adapting to Global Warming
Matthys Levy
3. Critical Infrastructure in Extreme Events
Thomas A. Birkland and Megan K. Warnement
4. Privacy Concerns for Ubiquitous Data Aggregation and Storage
Jarrod Rifkind and Seymour Goodman
5. Transitioning to Renewable Sources of Electricity: Motivations, Policy, and Potential
Chelsea Schelly
6. Infrastructure and Health
Ka man Lai
Part 2: Food Policy: Balancing Productivity, Conservation, and Social JustlÃS