Book description
This book is about the creative and messy process of making
environmental management decisions. The approach we describe is called
Structured Decision Making
, 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 our 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.
Visit www. wiley.
com/go/gregory/sdm to access the figures and tables from the book.
Robin Gregory
, Senior Researcher, Decision Research
Lee Failing, Principal, Compass Resource Management
Michael Harstone, Principal, Compass Resource Management
Graham Long, Principal, Compass Resource Management
Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia
Dan Ohlson, Principal, Compass Resource Management
