Structured decision making:a practical guide to environmental management choices
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Group Author: | ; |
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 299 p.: ill., map ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781444333411 (hardback) 1444333410 (hardback) 9781444333428 (paper) 1444333429 (paper) |
Index Number: | X3 |
CLC: | X3 |
Call Number: | X3/S927 |
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Machine generated contents note: ForewordPreface1. Structured Decision Making as an Approach to Environmental Management2. Conceptual Foundations of Structured Decision Making3. Decision Sketching4. Objectives: Figuring Out What Matters5. Performance Measures... Includes bibliographical references and index. Structuring environmental management choices -- Foundations of structured decision making -- Decision sketching -- Understanding objectives -- Identifying performance measures -- Incorporating uncertainty -- Creating alternatives -- Characterizing consequences -- Making trade-offs -- Learning -- Reality check : implementation -- Conclusion. "This book helps environmental managers frame natural resource management problems as decisions, so that difficult choices can be expressed clearly and in a way that is defensible and fits with common sense"-- |