Uncertainty and the environment [electronic resource] : implications for decision making and environmental policy / Richard Young.
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TextSeries: New horizons in environmental economicsPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2001Description: 1 online resource (xi, 249 p.) : illISBN: 9781781951385 (e-book)Subject(s): Environmental policy -- Decision making | Environmental policy -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 333.7 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | Y69 2001Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Glasgow, [1995?].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
1. Introduction : dealing with uncertainty in environmental decision making -- 2. The decision making context -- 3. Environmental uncertainty -- 4. Uncertainty and decision making -- 5. The Shackle model -- 6. Case study : the Belize Southern Highway -- 7. Methodology -- 8. Results of the application of the Shackle model -- 9. Discussion : a framework for the evaluation of hard uncertainty in environmental decision making -- 10. Conclusions.
This thought provoking book is concerned with the need to deal adequately with uncertainty in environmental decision making. The author advances a critique of the use of traditional models and then develops an alternative model of decision making under uncertainty, based on the work of George Shackle.
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