Sustainability concepts in decision-making : tools and approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency /

"Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency examines scientific tools and approaches for incorporating sustainability concepts into assessments used to support EPA decision making. Using specific case studies, this report consid...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council (U.S.). Science and Technology for Sustainability Program Policy and Global Affairs Division
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Colección:National Research Council of the National Academies
Temas:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Sustainability > United States > Decision making.
Environmental protection > United States > Decision making.
Durabilité de l'environnement > États-Unis > Prise de décision.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Environmental protection > Decision making
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sustainability : from ideas to actions
  • Tools and methods to support decision-making
  • Case studies of applications of sustainability tools and approaches
  • Private-sector and private-public partnership sustainability initiatives : applicability to environmental protection agency decision-making
  • Identifying and addressing new issues
  • Applying sustainability tools and methods to strengthen environmental protection agency decision-making.

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