Sustainability concepts in decision-making [electronic resource] : tools and approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency / Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs Division.
"Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency examines scientific tools and approaches for incorporating sustainability concepts into assessments used to support EPA decision making. Using specific case studies, this report considers t...
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | National Research Council of the National Academies
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Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Preface / Michael C. Kavanaugh
- Summary
- Introduction
- Sustainability : from ideas to actions
- Tools and methods to support decision-making
- Case studies of applications of sustainability tools and approaches
- Private-sector and private-public partnership sustainability initiatives : applicability to Environmental Protection Agency decision-making
- Identifying and addressing new issues
- Applying sustainability tools and methods to strengthen Environmental Protection Agency decision-making
- References
- Appendix A. Statement of task
- Appendix B. Biographic information on the Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability
- Appendix C. The sustainability assessment and management approach
- Appendix D. Glossary of sustainability tools and evaluation criteria
- Appendix E. Application of general evaluation criteria.