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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Science of Environmental Decision-Making | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Natural Systems | |
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| Ecosystem Principles | |
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| Components: Biotic and Abiotic | |
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| Services Provided: Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural | |
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| Biodiversity | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Interactions | |
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| Importance | |
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| Ecosystem-Based Management | |
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| Definition and Purpose | |
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| Role in Environmental Management | |
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| Examples in Environmental Policy Management Techniques | |
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| Systems Thinking | |
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| Box Modeling: Wrapping Our Heads around the Problem | |
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| Underlying Scientific Principles | |
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| E = mc<sup>2</sup>, or the Relationship between Energy and Matter (Mass-Energy Equivalence) | |
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| Equilibrium Theory, or dC/dT = 0 | |
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| Parts of the Box in Context: Inflows, Outflows, and Feedback Mechanisms | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Economics of Environmental Decision-Making | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Categories of Economics Relevant to Environmental Decision-Making | |
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| Natural Resource Economics | |
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| Ecological Economics | |
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| The Role of Discounting, Substitution, and Trade-Offs | |
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| Defining Value: Linking Environment and Human Interactions | |
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| Measurements of Well-Being and Progress | |
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| Gross Domestic Product | |
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| Alternatives | |
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| Total Valuation Technique (Tv = Dv + Iv + Nuv) | |
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| Direct Values (Dvs) | |
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| Indirect Values (Ivs) | |
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| Nonuse Values (Nuvs) | |
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| Benefit-Cost Analysis | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Values of Environmental Decision-Making | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Objective Values | |
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| Risk Assessment and the Role of Science | |
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| Quantification Methods | |
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| Subjective Values | |
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| Emotion and Public Outrage | |
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| NIMBY and Other Perceived Values | |
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| Scaling Value Decisions | |
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| Values and Individual Decision-Making | |
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| Self-Interest | |
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| Learning Dynamics | |
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| Values and Multiparty Decision-Making | |
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| Consensus Building and Majority Voting | |
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| Other Collective Value System Considerations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Case Problems | |
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| Introduction to Case Problems | |
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| Case Problem 1. Watershed Management: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Problems | |
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| Relevant Information | |
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| Hints for Analysis | |
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| Case Problem 2. Fisheries Management: Managing Public Resources through a Mix of Private Incentives | |
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| Current Government Fishery Policy | |
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| Alternative Policy 1 | |
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| Alternative Policy 2 | |
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| Alternative Policy 3 | |
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| Hints for Analysis | |
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| Case Problem 3. Sustainability: Setting Priorities between Today and Tomorrow, a Total Valuation Application | |
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| Current Policy | |
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| Alternative 1 | |
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| Alternative 2 | |
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| Alternative 3 | |
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| Hints for Analysis | |
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| Case Problem 4. Climate Change: Making Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty | |
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| Hints for Analysis | |
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| Index | |