{"product_id":"decisionmaking-for-a-sustainable-environment-9781466552166","title":"DecisionMaking for a Sustainable Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, environmental decision making is like playing a multidimensional game of chess. With interactions between the atmosphere, the litho-hydrosphere, and the biosphere, the game is at once a measure of complexity, uncertainty, interdisciplinary acuity, social-environmental sustainability, and social justice for all generations. As such, it demands a systemic point of view. \u003cstrong\u003eDecision Making for a Sustainable Environment: A Systemic Approach \u003c\/strong\u003egives readers the tools to replace the dysfunctional, \u003cem\u003esymptomatic\u003c\/em\u003e decision making that has plunged the world into environmental crises with a \u003cem\u003esystemic\u003c\/em\u003e approach that fosters social-environmental sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Paradigm for Environmental Decision Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the author's more than 45 years of research and broad, international experience, this book guides policy makers and managers to work withrather than withintheoretical and methodological framew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eDecision Making for a Sustainable Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e is a challenging read on a whole range of levels. Deeply personal, deeply reflective, courageous, and atypically altruistic. If you find yourself in self-analysis while reading this book, then you have got the point. ... Not for the faint-hearted, [it] reminds us that humans have a power and responsibility to make wise decisions when it comes to sustaining the natural world that we are part of. The Earth is a complex place made more so by humans. \u003cstrong\u003eDecision Making for a Sustainable Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e places the role of humans on the Earth in the right context: be humble, be respectful, and be aware.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Dr. Andrew W. Claridge, Senior Research Scientist, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[This book] provides ideas, language, approaches, and examples to move a place of employment, a government, or a community toward what Chris Maser calls ‘psychological maturity for the social-environmental sake of all generations.’ ... I am more ready to effect change in decision makers because of the lessons and wisdom and approach that Chris offers in this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—From the foreword by D. Alexander Wait, Missouri State University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNature’s Urgent Message to the World’s Decision Makers:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Principles of Biophysical Sustainability. Decision Making and Nature’s Rules of Engagement.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen the Decision Making Becomes Self-Serving: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Stages of an Environmental Agency. Dissonance within Duplicity: Sustainability Programs at the Southern Nevada Water Authority, a Case Study. Breaking the Dysfunctional Cycle of Environmental Agency Decision Making. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat Makes a Psychologically Mature Decision Maker? \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Essence of a Responsible Decision Maker. Coping with the Responsibilities and Pressures of Social-Environmental Decision Making. Giving Children a Voice in Their Future through Shared Decision Making. \u003cstrong\u003eAfterword. Appendix: Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals. Index.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769973670231,"sku":"9781466552166","price":92.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781466552166.jpg?v=1758723493","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/decisionmaking-for-a-sustainable-environment-9781466552166","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}