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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern Paul C, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Brewer, Garry D.

Stern, Paul C., 1944-

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making.

National Research Council (U.S.). Center for Governance, Economics, and International Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Decision making.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Research.

Research--Environmental aspects.

Research.

Physical Description:

xiii, 281 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually manage such problems more effectively. Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities is the result of a 2-year effort by 12 social and behavioral scientists, scholars, and practitioners. The report sets research priorities for the social and behavioral sciences as they relate to several different kinds of environmental problems.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612083204

9780309165396

0309165393

9781282083202

1282083201

9780309547727

0309547725

OCLC:

923274281