Building A Foundation For Sound Environmental Decisions

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309174770

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Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA Pdf

Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect human health and ecosystems from particular threats. Despite some successes, many problems remain unsolved and new ones are emerging. Increasing population and related pressures, combined with a realization of the interconnectedness and complexity of environmental systems, present new challenges to policymakers and regulators. Scientific research has played, and will continue to play, an essential part in solving environmental problems. Decisions based on incorrect or incomplete understanding of environmental systems will not achieve the greatest reduction of risk at the lowest cost. This volume describes a framework for acquiring the knowledge needed both to solve current recognized problems and to be prepared for the kinds of problems likely to emerge in the future. Many case examples are included to illustrate why some environmental control strategies have succeeded where others have fallen short and how we can do better in the future.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309057950

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Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA Pdf

Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect human health and ecosystems from particular threats. Despite some successes, many problems remain unsolved and new ones are emerging. Increasing population and related pressures, combined with a realization of the interconnectedness and complexity of environmental systems, present new challenges to policymakers and regulators. Scientific research has played, and will continue to play, an essential part in solving environmental problems. Decisions based on incorrect or incomplete understanding of environmental systems will not achieve the greatest reduction of risk at the lowest cost. This volume describes a framework for acquiring the knowledge needed both to solve current recognized problems and to be prepared for the kinds of problems likely to emerge in the future. Many case examples are included to illustrate why some environmental control strategies have succeeded where others have fallen short and how we can do better in the future.

Author : Chad J. McGuire
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439885758

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Environmental Decision-Making in Context by Chad J. McGuire Pdf

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.

Author : Robin Gregory,Lee Failing,Michael Harstone,Graham Long,Tim McDaniels,Dan Ohlson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781444333428

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Structured Decision Making by Robin Gregory,Lee Failing,Michael Harstone,Graham Long,Tim McDaniels,Dan Ohlson Pdf

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 basis that lacks a solid value-based foundation, ignores key information, and results in selection of an inferior alternative. Making progress – in a way that is rigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent – requires combining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences and applied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitive psychology, facilitation and negotiation. The authors review key methods and discuss case-study examples based in their experiences in communities, boardrooms, and stakeholder meetings. The goal of this book is to lay out a compelling guide that will change how you think about making environmental decisions. Visit www.wiley.com/go/gregory/ to access the figures and tables from the book.

Author : Mary O'Brien,Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.)
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0262150514

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Making Better Environmental Decisions by Mary O'Brien,Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.) Pdf

For the past quarter-century, government and the private sector have relied heavily on risk assessment for making decisions, allowing widespread environmental deterioration. In this book, Mary O'Brien recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: "alternatives assessment." Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe (which translates into how much damage the environment can tolerate), alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage while achieving society's goals. Alternatives assessment is a simple, commonsense alternative to risk assessment. It is based on the premise that it is not acceptable to damage human and nonhuman health or the environment if there are reasonable alternatives. The approach calls for taking precautionary measures even if some cause-and-effect relationships have not been fully established scientifically. The process must involve an examination of the full range of alternatives, including no action at all. Equally important, it must be democratic and include potentially affected parties. O'Brien not only makes a persuasive case for alternative assessment; she tells how to implement it. She also shows how this technique has profound implications for public health, for our stewardship of the environment, and for a truly democratic government. Published in association with the Environmental Research Foundation.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental laboratories
ISBN : LOC:00073653460

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--National Research Council (NRC) Findings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Board on Environmental Studies in Toxicology,Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309071277

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Board on Environmental Studies in Toxicology,Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA Pdf

In the three decades since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created, the agency's scientific and technical practices and credibility have been independently assessed many times in reports from the National Research Council (NRC), EPA Science Advisory Board, General Accounting Office, and many other organizations; in congressional oversight and judicial proceedings; and in countless criticisms and lawsuits from stakeholders with interests in particular EPA regulatory decisions. As a previous independent panel put it in the 1992 report Safeguarding the Future: Credible Science, Credible Decisions, EPA's policy and regulatory work receives a great deal of public attention, but the agency's scientific performance typically receives a similar degree of attention only when the scientific basis for a decision is questioned. Thus, strong scientific performance is important not only to enable EPA to make informed and effective decisions, but also to gain credibility and public support for the environmental protection efforts of EPA and the nation. This report is the fourth and final one in a series prepared by two independent expert committees convened by the NRC in response to a request from Congress and to subsequent, related requests from EPA. The Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA-the companion committee in this study-was charged to provide an overview of significant emerging environmental issues, identify and prioritize research themes most relevant to understanding and resolving those issues, and consider the role of EPA's research program in the context of research being conducted or supported by other organizations. That committee published an interim report in 1996 and a final report, Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions, in 1997. The Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA was charged to evaluate research management and scientific peer-review practices in the agency. The committee published an interim report in 1995 and this final report.

Author : Ronnie Harding,Carolyn M. Hendriks,Mehreen Faruqi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134505333

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Environmental Decision-making by Ronnie Harding,Carolyn M. Hendriks,Mehreen Faruqi Pdf

Contemporary environmental decisions are made within the context of sustainability aimed at meeting integrated ecological, economic and social goals. Most involve a complex mix of actors and institutions - differing values and differing interests. Choices are difficult and often controversial, and decision-making processes and contexts provide crucial influences on outcomes.This book explores these processes and context and the influences which affect them. For example:How do different value systems influence what environmental issues come onto the public agenda, and their management? What institutions and actors are involved in the processes and how? What tools are available and what are their limitations? How should we deal with uncertainty and risk? How do we incorporate relevant but very different forms of knowledge, and how do we manage the information 'explosion'? The authors take a multidisciplinary approach and engage in themes from political science, law, economics, philosophy, natural sciences, geography, engineering and sociology. Their book is rich with practical examples, including three extensive case studies that illustrate the complexities and contestations of environmental decision-making..The book is aimed at the ever-widening range of people who are, or are hoping to become, environmental professionals, whether from the scientific, technical or social science fields. It is also relevant for interested members of the public.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Prioritization and Decision Making in the Department of Energy Office of Science and Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309063470

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Decision Making in the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Prioritization and Decision Making in the Department of Energy Office of Science and Technology Pdf

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Author : Elizabeth Fisher,Sidney A. Shapiro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108836104

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Administrative Competence by Elizabeth Fisher,Sidney A. Shapiro Pdf

This book reimagines administrative law as the law of public administration by making its competence the focus of administrative law.

Author : Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309073073

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,National Research Council Pdf

In the three decades since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created, the agency's scientific and technical practices and credibility have been independently assessed many times in reports from the National Research Council (NRC), EPA Science Advisory Board, General Accounting Office, and many other organizations; in congressional oversight and judicial proceedings; and in countless criticisms and lawsuits from stakeholders with interests in particular EPA regulatory decisions. As a previous independent panel put it in the 1992 report Safeguarding the Future: Credible Science, Credible Decisions, EPA's policy and regulatory work receives a great deal of public attention, but the agency's scientific performance typically receives a similar degree of attention only when the scientific basis for a decision is questioned. Thus, strong scientific performance is important not only to enable EPA to make informed and effective decisions, but also to gain credibility and public support for the environmental protection efforts of EPA and the nation. This report is the fourth and final one in a series prepared by two independent expert committees convened by the NRC in response to a request from Congress and to subsequent, related requests from EPA. The Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA - the companion committee in this study - was charged to provide an overview of significant emerging environmental issues, identify and prioritize research themes most relevant to understanding and resolving those issues, and consider the role of EPA's research program in the context of research being conducted or supported by other organizations. That committee published an interim report in 1996 and a final report, Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions, in 1997. The Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA was charged to evaluate research management and scientific peer-review practices in the agency. The committee published an interim report in 1995 and this final report.

Author : Virginia H. Dale,Mary R. English
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461214182

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

This book is unique in identifying and presenting tools to environmental decision-makers to help them improve the quality and clarity of their work. These tools range from software to policy approaches, and from environmental databases to focus groups. Equally of value to environmental managers, and students in environmental risk, policy, economics and law.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000045429842

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H.R. 64, a Proposal to Strengthen Science at the Environmental Protection Agency by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards Pdf

Author : Mary O'Brien,Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.)
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0262650533

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Making Better Environmental Decisions by Mary O'Brien,Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.) Pdf

This work recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: alternatives assessment. Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe, alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental laboratories
ISBN : PSU:000044852559

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--National Research Council (NRC) Findings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf