(Ebook) Environmental Decision Making in Context A Toolbox 1st edition by Chad McGuire 1439885753 9781439885758

(Ebook) Environmental Decision Making in Context A Toolbox 1st edition by Chad McGuire 1439885753 9781439885758

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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. 1 Introduction
2. 2 Science of Environmental Decision-Making
3. Introduction
4. Natural Systems
5. Ecosystem Principles
6. Components: Biotic and Abiotic
7. Services Provided: Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural
8. Biodiversity
9. Definitions
10. Interactions
11. Importance
12. Ecosystem-Based Management
13. Definition and Purpose
14. Role in Environmental Management
15. Examples in Environmental Policy Management Techniques
16. Systems Thinking
17. Box Modeling: Wrapping Our Heads around the Problem
18. Underlying Scientific Principles
19. E = mc2, or the Relationship between Energy and Matter (Mass–Energy Equivalence)
20. Equilibrium Theory, or dC/dT = 0
21. Parts of the Box in Context: Inflows, Outflows, and Feedback Mechanisms
22. Conclusion
23. References
24. 3 Economics of Environmental Decision-Making
25. Introduction
26. Categories of Economics Relevant to Environmental Decision-Making
27. Natural Resource Economics
28. Ecological Economics
29. The Role of Discounting, Substitution, and Trade-Offs
30. Defining Value: Linking Environment and Human Interactions
31. Measurements of Well-Being and Progress
32. Gross Domestic Product
33. Alternatives
34. Total Valuation Technique (Tv = Dv + Iv + Nuv)
35. Direct Values (Dvs)
36. Indirect Values (Ivs)
37. Nonuse Values (Nuvs)
38. Benefit Cost Analysis
39. Conclusion
40. References
41. 4 Values of Environmental Decision-Making
42. Introduction
43. Objective Values
44. Risk Assessment and the Role of Science
45. Quantification Methods
46. Subjective Values
47. Emotion and Public Outrage
48. NIMBY and Other Perceived Values
49. Scaling Value Decisions
50. Values and Individual Decision-Making
51. Self-Interest
52. Learning Dynamics
53. Values and Multiparty Decision-Making
54. Consensus Building and Majority Voting
55. Other Collective Value System Considerations
56. Conclusion
57. References
58. Case Problems
59. Introduction to Case Problems
60. Case Problem 1. Watershed Management: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Problems
61. Relevant Information
62. Hints for Analysis
63. Case Problem 2. Fisheries Management: Managing Public Resources through a Mix of Private Incentives
64. Current Government Fishery Policy
65. Alternative Policy 1
66. Alternative Policy 2
67. Alternative Policy 3
68. Hints for Analysis
69. Case Problem 3. Sustainability: Setting Priorities between Today and Tomorrow, a Total Valuation Application
70. Current Policy
71. Alternative 1
72. Alternative 2
73. Alternative 3

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