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Structured Decision Making

A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices

Gregory, Robin / Failing, Lee / Harstone, Michael / Long, Graham / McDaniels, Tim / Ohlson, Dan

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1. Edition February 2012
312 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4443-3342-8
John Wiley & Sons

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This book is about the creative and messy process of making environmental management decisions. The approach we describe is called Structured Decision Making, a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs. This is the everyday reality of environmental management, yet many important decisions currently are made on an ad hoc basis that lacks a solid value-based foundation, ignores key information, and results in selection of an inferior alternative. Making progress - in a way that is rigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent - requires combining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences and applied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitive psychology, facilitation and negotiation. The authors review key methods and discuss case-study examples based in our experiences in communities, boardrooms, and stakeholder meetings. The goal of this book is to lay out a compelling guide that will change how you think about making environmental decisions.

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Foreword vii

Preface ix

1 Structuring Environmental Management Choices 1

2 Foundations of Structured Decision Making 21

3 Decision Sketching 47

4 Understanding Objectives 69

5 Identifying Performance Measures 93

6 Incorporating Uncertainty 122

7 Creating Alternatives 150

8 Characterizing Consequences 173

9 Making Trade-Offs 208

10 Learning 239

11 Reality Check: Implementation 262

12 Conclusion 282

Index 289
"I recommend this book to anyone who must function at the interface between environmental science and decision making. Even if you do not have the opportunity to implement the full structured decision-making process, it will give you a better idea of how to think about your role and those of the other parties. The authors write clearly and forcefully." (Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM), 1 October 2012) "I highly recommend the groundbreaking and very accessible book Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices by Robin Gregory, Lee Failing, Michael Harstone, Graham Long, Tim McDaniels, Dan Ohlson, to anyone in resource management, risk analysis, land use planning, industry leadership, environmental NGOs, facilitation and negotiation, government, policy making, academia, and undergraduate or graduate studies who is seeking a clear and concise approach to developing workable solutions to even the most challenging environmental problems." (Blog Business World, 13 August 2012)
Robin Gregory, Senior Researcher, Decision Research


Lee Failing, Principal, Compass Resource Management

Michael Harstone, Principal, Compass Resource Management

Graham Long, Principal, Compass Resource Management

Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia

Dan Ohlson, Principal, Compass Resource Management

R. Gregory, Decision Research; L. Failing, Compass Resource Management; M. Harstone, Compass Resource Management; G. Long, Compass Resource Management; T. McDaniels, University of British Columbia; D. Ohlson, Compass Resource Management