Structured decision making : a practical guide to environmental management choices / / R. Gregory ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmental management - Decision making; Environmental management
• Altri autori: GregoryRobin (Robin Scott)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 Structuring Environmental Management Choices""; ""2 Foundations of Structured Decision Making""; ""3 Decision Sketching""; ""4 Understanding Objectives""; ""5 Identifying Performance Measures""; ""6 Incorporating Uncertainty""; ""7 Creating Alternatives""; ""8 Characterizing Consequences""; ""9 Making Trade-Offs""; ""10 Learning""; ""11 Reality Check: Implementation""; ""12 Conclusion""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a short introductory guide to this popular form of decision making and is aimed at environmental managers and scientists. This is a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs. This is the everyday reality of environmental management, yet many important decisions currently are made on an ad hoc
• Titolo autorizzato: Structured decision making
• ISBN: 1-280-58729-6; 9786613617125; 1-4443-9855-5; 1-4443-9852-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823793503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II