Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making

Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making edited by Virginia H. Dale, Mary R. English.

Environmental decision making is, like politics, mostly local. In fact, making decisions about the environment at the subnationallevel-in state, regional, and local jurisdictions-is a lot like politics. For resolving environ­ mental issues demands, but often resists, a balance between deeply held fe...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dale, Virginia H. (Editor), English, Mary R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:1st ed. 1999.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental management.
Environmental economics.
Operations research.
Decision making.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Nature conservation.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Identifying Environmental Values
  • 3. Tools to Characterize the Environmental Setting
  • 4. Tools for Understanding the Socioeconomic and Political Settings for Environmental Decision Making
  • 5. Characterizing the Regulatory and Judicial Setting
  • 6. Integration of Geographic Information
  • 7. Forecasting for Environmental Decision Making
  • 8. Assessment, Refinement, and Narrowing of Options
  • 9. Post-Decision Assessment
  • 10. Next Steps for Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making
  • Biographies of Contributing Authors.

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