Voting systems for environmental decisions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 322-332

  Burgman, Mark A ^a   Regan, Helen M ^b   Maguire, Lynn A ^c   Colyvan, Mark ^d   Justus, James ^e   Martin, Tara G ^f   Rothley, Kris ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrow's theorem; Decision theory; Philosophy; Preferences

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS;

EID: 84896313526     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12209     Document Type: Review

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