Gregory / Failing / Harstone Structured Decision Making

A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9852-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

This book outlines the creative process of making environmentalmanagement decisions using the approach called StructuredDecision Making. It is a short introductory guide to thispopular form of decision making and is aimed at environmentalmanagers and scientists.
This is a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways forhelping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensionalchoices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders,and difficult tradeoffs. This is the everyday reality ofenvironmental management, yet many important decisions currentlyare made on an ad hoc basis that lacks a solid value-basedfoundation, ignores key information, and results in selection of aninferior alternative. Making progress - in a way that isrigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent - requirescombining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences andapplied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitivepsychology, facilitation and negotiation.
The authors review key methods and discuss case-study examplesbased in their experiences in communities, boardrooms, andstakeholder meetings. The goal of this book is to lay outa compelling guide that will change how you think about makingenvironmental decisions.
Visit www.wiley.com/go/gregory/sdm toaccess the figures and tables from the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gregory, Robin

Failing, Lee

Harstone, Michael

Long, Graham

McDaniels, Tim

Ohlson, Dan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Preface ix
1 Structuring Environmental Management Choices 1
2 Foundations of Structured Decision Making 21
3 Decision Sketching 47
4 Understanding Objectives 69
5 Identifying Performance Measures 93
6 Incorporating Uncertainty 122
7 Creating Alternatives 150
8 Characterizing Consequences 173
9 Making Trade-Offs 208
10 Learning 239
11 Reality Check: Implementation 262
12 Conclusion 282
Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Robin Gregory, Senior Researcher, Decision Research
Lee Failing, Principal, Compass Resource Management
Michael Harstone, Principal, Compass ResourceManagement
Graham Long, Principal, Compass Resource Management
Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia
Dan Ohlson, Principal, Compass Resource Management