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VALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES: INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING
Citation:
HEBERLING, MATTHEW T. VALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES: INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING. Ralph G. Stahl, Jr., Lawrence A kapustka, Wayne R. Munns, Jr., Randall J.F. Bruins (ed.), Submitted to: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, KS, 5(3):492-493, (2009).
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
In October 2003, a Pellston Workshop on Valuation of Ecological Resources was organized by SETAC to examine the integration of ecological assessment and socioeconomics to improve environmental decision-making. The workshop brought together a multidisciplinary group of distinguished experts from both the public and private sectors. This book captures the synthesis of the workshop discussion. The editors state that the goal of integration should be "a common approach that accommodates different perspectives on ecological valuation in a cohesive, flexible framework to support sound and transparent environmental decision-making." The idea of integrating the two areas is not new and many researchers have suggested multidisciplinary approaches for improving decision support. Although this book is no different in its conclusion that better integration of socioeconomics and ecological risk assessment will improve decision-making, it does present some aspects that are missing from previous works.
