Wicked Environmental Problems: Managing Uncertainty and Conflict

by Peter J. Balint, Anand Desai, Lawrence C. Walters, et al.

Book Overview

"Wicked" problems are large-scale, long-term policy dilemmas in which multiple and compounding risks and uncertainties combine with sharply divergent public values to generate contentious political stalemates; wicked problems in the environmental arena typically emerge from entrenched conflicts over natural resource management and over the prioritization of economic and conservation goals more generally. This new book examines past experience and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159726475X
• ISBN13: 9781597264754
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"