Science, Policy, and the Coast: Improving Decisionmaking

by National Research Council, Natl Reserarch Coun, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, et al.

This book summarizes three symposia that were convened in the California, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of Mexico regions to seek new ways to improve the use of science in coastal policymaking. The book recommends actions that could be taken by federal and state agencies and legislatures, local authorities, scientists, universities, the media, nongovernmental organizations, and the public to yield better coastal decisions and policies. It is unique in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309053390
• ISBN13: 9780309053396
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 96 Pages