Better Environmental Decisions reponds to the need for improved environmental decision making by bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making; identifies key issues, problems, and barriers; and recommends ways to improve both the process and the final result.
Topics examined include:
Congressional decisions about regulatory reform
environmental benefit/cost analysis
valuing environmental impacts
comparing risks and setting priorities
strategic environmental management
corporate accounting for environmental and social factors
corporate responses to rules and regulations
community decisions about environmental risks
civic environmentalism
community partnerships with industry and government
Throughout, contributors focus on providing tools to make better decisions, and on presenting solutions to real-world problems.
Better Environmental Decisions describes and analyzes the key decision making criteria of each of the stakeholders involved -- governments, businesses, and communities -- and offers a compendium of techniques necessary for achieving success. It will be a landmark reference and resource for anyone involved with environmental decisionmaking, including legislators, regulators, business and environmental managers, environmental advocates, community activists, reporters, researchers, educators, and students.
