Young, Richard A.,  1973- <br/><br/>
Uncertainty and the environment  implications for decision making and environmental policy /  [electronic resource] : 
Richard Young. 
 - Cheltenham ;  Northampton, Mass. :  Edward Elgar Pub.,  2001. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 249 p.) :  ill. 
 - New horizons in environmental economics series .
 - New horizons in environmental economics. .
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Glasgow, [1995?]. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781781951385 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00067690  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental policy--Decision making.<br/>Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.E5  / Y69 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.7