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Environmental Decision-Making in Context

A Toolbox

By: Chad J. McGuire

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Environmental Decision-Making in Context

A Toolbox

By: Chad J. McGuire

Because of the complexity involved in understanding the environment, the choices made about environmental issues are often incomplete. In a perfect world, those who make environmental decisions would be armed with a foundation about the broad range of issues at stake when making such decisions. Offering a simple but comprehensive understanding of the critical roles science, economics, and values play in making informed environmental decisions, Environmental Decision-Making in Context: A Toolbox provides that foundation. The author highlights a primary set of intellectual tools from different disciplines and places them into an environmental context through the use of case study examples. The case studies are designed to stimulate the analytical reasoning required to employ environmental decision-making and ultimately, help in establishing a framework for pursuing and solving environmental questions, issues, and problems. They create a framework individuals from various backgrounds can use to both identify and analyze environmental issues in the context of everyday environmental problems. The book strikes a balance between being a tightly bound academic text and a loosely defined set of principles. It takes you beyond the traditional pillars of academic discipline to supply an understanding of the fundamental aspects of what is actually involved in making environmental decisions and building a set of skills for making those decisions.

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1351568086

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Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone

Law and Policy Considerations

By: Chad J. McGuire

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Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone

Law and Policy Considerations

By: Chad J. McGuire

For as long as humans have been inhabiting coastal areas and recording what occurs in their environments, coastal zones have been defined through dynamic interactions. And this is further underlined by a more recent development: observed sea level rise. In a thorough but not overly technical approach, Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone: Law and Policy Considerations provides a legal-policy framework for facing the challenges of sea level rise. The book includes an analysis of sea level rise adaptation strategies that examines the legal impacts of coastal land use decisions based on the current interpretation of private property rights in relation to public control over those rights. The author discusses the science behind sea level rise and highlights policy complexities and options. He then presents an overview of related legalities, and bringing it all together, applies the principles offered in the book, concluding with strategies and solutions and a perspective on the future. If we accept the premise that sea level rise is occurring and will continue for the foreseeable future, then we must begin to consider policy responses to this risk in coastal regions. Part of any pragmatic policy response must include a review of the options available to public institutions when developing and implementing rational adaptation policies. This book offers practical legal/policy approaches to sea level rise adaptation that promotes sound planning in the face of climate change and rising seas.

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1351577506

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9781351577502

Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective

Understanding How Legal Frameworks Influence Environmental Problem Solving

By: Chad J. McGuire

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Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective

Understanding How Legal Frameworks Influence Environmental Problem Solving

By: Chad J. McGuire

Most books on environment law focus on the law first, and then look at how environmental problems are dealt with in relation to the law. Taking a fresh approach, Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective: Understanding How Legal Frameworks Influence Environmental Problem Solving examines environmental problems first, followed by an examination

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CRC Press

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1482203685

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Environmental Decision-Making in Context

Environmental Decision-Making in Context

Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone

Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone

Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective

Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective

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