Talking Water
17th January 2008
Subject: Water and Risk etc.
Yesterday in class we talked about models and modelling and it led us into speaking about a series of inter-related words that it is useful for us to understand better because they are frequently used and often in varying ways. Below I have listed some of them along with a link to their Wikipedia entries which provide useful starting points for learning more about them.
Precautionary approach/principle
No regrets (the link is to Climate Risk Management; its definition includes the idea of "no regrets" strategies)