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As outlined in the previous Chapter, a multiple-case case-study on rivm’s Environmental Outlooks has been performed in order to address the research question whether there is a (potential) practical need for an alternative or complementary approach to uncertainty management. This Chapter reports the case-study research and the conclusions that can be deduced from this empirical research. The first part of the Chapter will focus on the document analyses, while in the second part the state-of-the-art in rivm’s uncertainty management is outlined, which description mainly builds on the interviews, the focus group and the questionnaires.
This Chapter substantially benefits from research carried out by Rian Langendonck and Frank van Asten in the context of their master thesis for the course Environmental Health Sciences. See also: (Langendonck, 1999; van Asselt 1999; van Asselt et al. 1999; 2000 (in preparation); van Asten 2000; van Asten and van Asselt 1999).
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van Asselt, M.B.A. (2000). Searching for uncertainty in rivm’s Environmental Outlooks. In: Perspectives on Uncertainty and Risk. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2583-5_8
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