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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807871303321

Titolo

Decision making for the environment : social and behavioral science research priorities / / Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change [and] Center for Governance, Economics, and International Studies, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Garry D. Brewer and Paul C. Stern, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-16539-3

1-282-08320-1

9786612083204

0-309-54772-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 281 p

Altri autori (Persone)

BrewerGarry D

SternPaul C. <1944->

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Decision making

Environmental policy - Research

Research - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Improving Environmental Decision Processes -- 3 Institutions for Environmental Governance -- 4 The Environment in Business Decision Making -- 5 Environmentally Significant Individual Behavior -- 6 Decision-Relevant Science for Evidence-Based Environmental Policy -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A When Do Environmental Decision Makers Use Social Science?--Rebecca J. Romsdahl -- Appendix B Improving Environmental Decision Processes--Robin Gregory and Timothy McDaniels -- Appendix C Business Decisions and the Environment: Significance, Challenges, and Momentum of an Emerging Research Field--Andrew J. Hoffman -- Appendix D Forecasting for Environmental Decision Making: Research Priorities--William Ascher -- Appendix E Program Evaluation of



Environmental Policies: Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making--Cary Coglianese and Lori D. Snyder Bennear -- Appendix F Panel Members, Staff, and Contributors.