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020			_a9781781951385 (e-book)
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050		4	_aHC79.E5 _bY69 2001
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100	1		_aYoung, Richard A., _d1973-
245	1	0	_aUncertainty and the environment _h[electronic resource] : _bimplications for decision making and environmental policy / _cRichard Young.
260			_aCheltenham ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar Pub., _c2001.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 249 p.) : _bill.
490	1		_aNew horizons in environmental economics series
502			_aThesis (Ph.D.)--University of Glasgow, [1995?].
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy _xDecision making.
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy _xEconomic aspects.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z9781840646269 (hardback) _z1840646268
830		0	_aNew horizons in environmental economics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/1840646268.xml
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