Better environmental decisions : strategies for governments, businesses, and communities

著者

    • Sexton, Ken

書誌事項

Better environmental decisions : strategies for governments, businesses, and communities

edited by Ken Sexton ... [et al.]

(The Minnesota series in environmental decision making)

Island Press, c1999

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9781559636131

内容説明

Better Environmental Decisions reponds to the need for improved environmental decision making by bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making; identifies key issues, problems, and barriers; and recommends ways to improve both the process and the final result.Topics examined include: Congressional decisions about regulatory reform environmental benefit/cost analysisvaluing environmental impacts comparing risks and setting priorities strategic environmental management corporate accounting for environmental and social factors corporate responses to rules and regulations community decisions about environmental riskscivic environmentalismcommunity partnerships with industry and governmentThroughout, contributors focus on providing tools to make better decisions, and on presenting solutions to real-world problems.Better Environmental Decisions describes and analyzes the key decision making criteria of each of the stakeholders involved -- governments, businesses, and communities -- and offers a compendium of techniques necessary for achieving success. It will be a landmark reference and resource for anyone involved with environmental decisionmaking, including legislators, regulators, business and environmental managers, environmental advocates, community activists, reporters, researchers, educators, and students.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781559636148

内容説明

A broad-based interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of environmental decision-making which emphasizes finding solutions to real world problems. The book examines the subject from the complementary and interrelated perspectives of three major groups involved in environmental decisions: regulatory agencies, businesses and affected communities. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making and identifies key issues and problems and recommends ways to improve the decision-making process and its outcomes.

目次

  • Making decisions about environmental policy
  • understanding individuals' environmental decisions
  • environmental decision making by organizations
  • government decision making
  • guiding principles for environmental policy design
  • setting environmental priorities
  • business decision making
  • evaluating a firm's environmental performance
  • community decision making
  • using the citizen's jury to improve environmental decisions.

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