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Author(s): Chad J. McGuire
ISBN(s): 9781439885758, 1439885753
Edition: 1
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Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1439885753 
ISBN 13: 9781439885758
Author: Chad J Mcguire

Because of the complexity involved in understanding the environment, the choices made about environmental issues are often incomplete. In a perfect world, those who make environmental decisions would be armed with a foundation about the broad range of issues at stake when making such decisions. Offering a simple but comprehensive understanding of the critical roles science, economics, and values play in making informed environmental decisions, Environmental Decision-Making in Context: A Toolbox provides that foundation. The author highlights a primary set of intellectual tools from different disciplines and places them into an environmental context through the use of case study examples. The case studies are designed to stimulate the analytical reasoning required to employ environmental decision-making and ultimately, help in establishing a framework for pursuing and solving environmental questions, issues, and problems. They create a framework individuals from various backgrounds can use to both identify and analyze environmental issues in the context of everyday environmental problems. The book strikes a balance between being a tightly bound academic text and a loosely defined set of principles. It takes you beyond the traditional pillars of academic discipline to supply an understanding of the fundamental aspects of what is actually involved in making environmental decisions and building a set of skills for making those decisions.

Environmental Decision Making in Context A Toolbox 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction
2 Science of Environmental Decision-Making
Introduction
Natural Systems
Ecosystem Principles
Components: Biotic and Abiotic
Services Provided: Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural
Biodiversity
Definitions
Interactions
Importance
Ecosystem-Based Management
Definition and Purpose
Role in Environmental Management
Examples in Environmental Policy Management Techniques
Systems Thinking
Box Modeling: Wrapping Our Heads around the Problem
Underlying Scientific Principles
E = mc2, or the Relationship between Energy and Matter (Mass–Energy Equivalence)
Equilibrium Theory, or dC/dT = 0
Parts of the Box in Context: Inflows, Outflows, and Feedback Mechanisms
Conclusion
References
3 Economics of Environmental Decision-Making
Introduction
Categories of Economics Relevant to Environmental Decision-Making
Natural Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
The Role of Discounting, Substitution, and Trade-Offs
Defining Value: Linking Environment and Human Interactions
Measurements of Well-Being and Progress
Gross Domestic Product
Alternatives
Total Valuation Technique (Tv = Dv + Iv + Nuv)
Direct Values (Dvs)
Indirect Values (Ivs)
Nonuse Values (Nuvs)
Benefit Cost Analysis
Conclusion
References
4 Values of Environmental Decision-Making
Introduction
Objective Values
Risk Assessment and the Role of Science
Quantification Methods
Subjective Values
Emotion and Public Outrage
NIMBY and Other Perceived Values
Scaling Value Decisions
Values and Individual Decision-Making
Self-Interest
Learning Dynamics
Values and Multiparty Decision-Making
Consensus Building and Majority Voting
Other Collective Value System Considerations
Conclusion
References
Case Problems
Introduction to Case Problems
Case Problem 1. Watershed Management: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Problems
Relevant Information
Hints for Analysis
Case Problem 2. Fisheries Management: Managing Public Resources through a Mix of Private Incentives
Current Government Fishery Policy
Alternative Policy 1
Alternative Policy 2
Alternative Policy 3
Hints for Analysis
Case Problem 3. Sustainability: Setting Priorities between Today and Tomorrow, a Total Valuation Application
Current Policy
Alternative 1
Alternative 2
Alternative 3
Hints for Analysis
Case Problem 4. Climate Change: Making Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

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