Knut Lehre Seip

This book integrates decision-making and environmental science. For ecologists it will bridge the gap to economics. For practitioners in environmental economics and management it will be a major reference book. It probably contains the largest collection available of expressions and basic equations that are used in environmental sciences. Applying these expressions as "rules-of-thumb" will give participants in a decision-making process a common platform for discussion and arbitration. To make the text comfortable to read, the book is organized in disciplines, but it also includes 13 applications that draw on all subjects in the book, and where cross-references are extensively used. The applications that range from siting of paper mills to wilderness management show how a range of topics in economics, social sciences and ecology are interrelated when decisions have to be made. The third chapter is called "Getting started". It shows how to carry out a complete environmental screening study in one day, much like the computer manuals that get you going from the first day. We believe that raising a platform for environmental decision-making puts issues into their right perspective, it is fun, and it lets an individual contribute to society’s understanding of the environment in a very short while.

Viktige valg dreier seg om verdier. Denne boken beskriver valgsituasjoner der verdier står på spill, og presenterer en systematisk beslutningsprosess som både tar hensyn til rasjonalitet og etikk. Boken er av interesse for alle som tar viktige beslutninger der det er kryssende mål.Boken består av to deler: Del I strukturerer verdier og diskuterer rasjonalitet og emosjoner. Den presenterer så en systematisk beslutningsprosess i åtte trinn som gjør det mulig å ta hensyn til subjektive preferanser.Del II beskriver anvendelser innen ulike områder der verdier spiller en fremtredende rolle: bedriftenes samfunnsansvar, miljø, helse og sosial, omsorg og til slutt de valg en domstol tar. Underveis diskuteres rollene til beslutningstagere og interessenter, deres legitimitet og mål, beregning av konsekvenser og holdninger til risiko.

This book integrates decision-making and environmental science. For ecologists it will bridge the gap to economics. For practitioners in environmental economics and management it will be a major reference book. It probably contains the largest collection available of expressions and basic equations that are used in environmental sciences. Applying these expressions as "rules-of-thumb" will give participants in a decision-making process a common platform for discussion and arbitration. To make the text comfortable to read, the book is organized in disciplines, but it also includes 13 applications that draw on all subjects in the book, and where cross-references are extensively used. The applications that range from siting of paper mills to wilderness management show how a range of topics in economics, social sciences and ecology are interrelated when decisions have to be made. The third chapter is called "Getting started". It shows how to carry out a complete environmental screening study in one day, much like the computer manuals that get you going from the first day. We believe that raising a platform for environmental decision-making puts issues into their right perspective, it is fun, and it lets an individual contribute to society’s understanding of the environment in a very short while.