Ok, I guess that everybody is reading now the report... that is here
http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/en/tab_content_RLR

a bit long, yeah... it would be great if we could manage to read different case studies and be able to share our views...
And dont forget that there is a resume in spanish that is interesting for understand the cases!

yep, we should know what it is about before discuss whether they fit or not...
some web pages:

• Wikipedia (ES) http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencia_post-normal Una definición rápida del concepto...
• Wikipedia (EN) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-normal_science A brief definition of the concept...
• NUSAP http://www.nusap.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=13 POST-NORMAL SCIENCE - Environmental Policy under Conditions of Complexity S. Funtowicz, EC-JRC/ISIS, Ispra (Va), Italy; J. Ravetz, RMC Ltd., London (England)
• Post-normal science (Funtowicz, Ravetz) http://www.ecoeco.org/publica/encyc_entries/PstNormSc.pdf

and some articles:

• The post-normal science of precaution (Jerry Ravetz) Futures Volume 36, Issue 3 , April 2004, Pages 347-357 - link here: (requieres subscription) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_aset=V-WA-A-W-ZZ-MsSAYZW-UUA-U-AABZUCCWAV-AABBZBZUAV-CABUVAWYC-ZZ-U&_rdoc=3&_fmt=full&_udi=B6V65-4991R6V-1&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2004&_cdi=5805&_orig=search&_st=13&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000053449&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1517286&md5=73eedb56c76232d2e3cd788c99b42d09
  

and some book
La ciencia pos-normal (something in spanish!)autores: Funtowicz, Ravetz. Editorial: icaria

Mmm... i think that post-normal science doesn't appear at all. And i've got the impression that the authors of the report have a bit peculiar conception about the prec. pple... too much policy stress (crisis management) and too little about social procesess... but it's just my opinion...

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