Informing global environmental policy-making: A plea for new methods of assessment and synthesis

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-279

  Parson, Edward A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Global change; Integrated assessment; Policy exercises; Scenarios; Simulation gaming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHODS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; SCENARIOS; SIMULATION GAMINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 21944442811     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019025830847     Document Type: Article

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