Environmental Problem Solving A How-To Guide

Name: Environmental Problem Solving A How-To Guide
Price: 26.52 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781584655923

ISBN-10: 1584655925

ISBN-13: 9781584655923

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeffrey W. Hughes

List price: $24.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

2 new & used from $26.52

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

As environmental problems become increasingly complex, it is critical that students and activists learn the skills with which to address them. Although there already are many case studies of actual issues, only in the last few years have environmental scientists paid close attention to their resolution. Environmental Problem Solving teaches these skills. Jeffrey W. Hughes creates an organized method for approaching problems, understanding larger issues, and crafting solutions to a wide range of contemporary environmental issues. Many environmental activists often have preconceived ideas of environmental protection and problem solving. They react emotionally to news of deforestation, a new…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 4/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



What Problem-Solving Success (and Failure) Looks Like



How to Avoid Strangling Other Problem Solvers



How to Think More Like Albert Einstein and Less Like Homer Simpson



"Doc's Key": A Road Map to Problem-Solving Success



Soapboxes, Bandwagons, and Real Problems: The "D" in Doc's Key



The Yellow Brick Road: The "O" and "C" in Doc's Key



How to Pull Ideas Out of Thin Air: The "S" in Doc's Key



How to Make Decisions That You Won't Regret Later: The "K" in Doc's Key



How to Make Good Strategies Better: The "E" and "Y" in Doc's Key



Another Look at Problem-Solving Success and Failure



Go Forth and Move the World! (Part I)



Go Forth and Move the World! (Part II)


Bibliography


Index