Structured Decision Making A Practical Guide To Environmental Management Choices Robin Gregory by Robin Gregory, Lee Failing, Michael Harstone, Graham Long, Tim Mcdaniels, Dan Ohlson 9781444333428, 1444333429 instant download after payment.

''This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making.
It is a short introductory guide to this popular form of decision
making and is aimed at environmental managers and scientists. 
This
is a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals
and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized
by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs.
This is the everyday reality of environmental management, yet many
important decisions currently are made on an ad hoc basis that lacks a
solid value-based foundation, ignores key information, and results in
selection of an inferior alternative. Making progress – in a way that
is rigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent – requires
combining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences and
applied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitive psychology,
facilitation and negotiation. 
The authors review key methods
and discuss case-study examples based in their experiences in
communities, boardrooms, and stakeholder meetings. The goal of this
book is to lay out a compelling guide that will change how you think
about making environmental decisions."