Cargando…

Wicked environmental problems : managing uncertainty and conflict /

"Wicked" problems are large-scale, long-term policy dilemmas in which multiple and compounding risks and uncertainties combine with sharply divergent public values to generate contentious political stalemates; wicked problems in the environmental arena typically emerge from entrenched conf...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Balint, Peter J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2011.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in business.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. The Challenge of Wicked Problems
  • 2. Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental Management
  • 3. Four Wicked Cases
  • 4. The Precautionary Principle
  • 5. Adaptive Management
  • 6. Participatory Processes
  • 7. A Proposed Adaptive, Deliberative Decision Process
  • 8. The Sierra Nevada Example: Survey of Stakeholders
  • 9. The Sierra Nevada Example: Elicitation and Analysis of Preferences
  • 10. Managing Wicked Environmental Problems
  • References
  • Authors
  • Index.