Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Center For Economic, Governance, And International Studies; Committee On The Human Dimensions Of Global Change; Panel On Social And Behavioral Science Research Priorities For Environmental Decision Making

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309095409 ISBN 13: 9780309095402

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 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
• 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

About this title

About the Author:

Garry D. Brewer and Paul C. Stern, Editors, Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0309095409
• ISBN 13: 9780309095402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Stern Paul C., Brewer Garry D.