Sustainable Land Development and Restoration 可持续的土地开发与恢复：决策后果分析

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kandi、William L、Marjorie Hall、Kathleen Garvin 著
• 出版社 Butterworth-Heinemann
• 出版时间 2010-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781856177979
• 定价 975.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

DecisionConsequenceAnalysis(DCA)isaframeworkforimprovingthequalityofdecisionresults.Theframeworkisasystematic,multi-criteriaquantificationofuncertaintiesandtheopportunitiesformanagingandreducingthepotentialnegativeconsequencesofsuchuncertainties.DCAisdemonstratedthroughoutthetextforeachstageofsystembasedmanagementofenvironmentalissues.DCAlinksdisciplinesandincorporatescomponentsofriskmodelling,probabilitymodellingandthepsychologyofdecisionmaking.Itsgoalistoprovideacomprehensiveunbiaseddecisionmakingframework.Itsfoundationisaccuratelydefiningyourproblemstatementandclearlyvettingyourobjectivestobuildastructureformeaningfulanalysisofdata.EmploymentofDCAconsistentlythroughouttheenvironmentalindustrycanreducedecibel-driven,agenda-ladendecisionmaking,streamlineexpenditureofresources(financial,human,natural),andprovideaclearpathtothesustainablemaintenanceofbalancedenvironmentalsystemsasthepenultimateobjective.Thisbookprovidesatoolboxtoboththenoviceandexperiencedenvironmentalpractitionerofvaluabletechniquesforaddressingsitespecificenvironmentalissues,aswellasmanagingaportfolioofliabilitiesonaninternationalscale.Ultimately,theauthorsareaddressingthecriticalissueofbalancingenvironmentalassetbalancesheets,whetheronthescaleofanindividualproject,acrossacompany?sportfolio,orforacommunity.Theenvironmentalmanagerwhoadoptstheprinciplesinthisbookwillhavegreaterconfidencethatenvironmentalprotectionorrestorationactivitiesareprovidingmeasurableutility.Thegoalisthat,throughmultidimensionalresourcemanagementanalysisandpracticescompaniesandsocietiescanachievesustainablemaintenanceofabalancedenvironmentalsystem.Descriptionsoftechnical,contractingandimplementationprocessesaresupportedbydetailedcasestudiestoproviderealworldcontextratherthananacademicexchangeoftheories.TechniquesforaddressingsitespecificenvironmentalissuesMultidimensionalresourcemanagementanalysisCasenarrative,database,andGISlinked