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Managing for the Environment: Understanding the Legal, Organizational, and Policy Challenges
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This book discusses Principles, Practices, and Priorities for a New Century, and discusses policy issues, trends, and trade-offs related to environmental management.Abstract:
UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Environmental Management: Policy Issues, Trends, and Trade-Offs What Every Manager Should Know About Environmental Law Seven Legal Trends That Every Manager Should Know WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO PRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES Designing Total Quality Environmental Management Working with the Media Working with Communities Communicating Risk Resolving Environmental Disputes DELIVERING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS Building Strategic Environmental Information Systems Managing Scientific and Technical Personnel Managing Contracts and Grants Adapting to Environmental Challenges: A Policymaker's Tool Kit LESSONS Principles, Practices, and Priorities for a New Century.read more
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Citizen Participation in Decision Making: Is It Worth the effort?
Renée A. Irvin,John Stansbury +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present conditions under which community participation may be costly and ineffective and when it can thrive and produce the greatest gains in effective citizen governance, motivated by contextual problems encountered in a participatory watershed management initiative.
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Wicked problems, knowledge challenges, and collaborative capacity builders in network settings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a fundamental challenge to effectively managing any public problem in a networked setting is the transfer, receipt, and integration of knowledge across participants, and they argue that when knowledge is viewed pragmatically, the challenge is particularly acute.
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One size does not fit all: Matching breadth of stakeholder participation to watershed group accomplishments
TL;DR: The role of the public in US policy making has shifted substantially during the past several decades This shift is particularly evident in environmental policy, where collaboration among multiple stakeholders is on the rise.
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Capacity to Sustain Sustainability: A Study of U.S. Cities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found moderate levels of sustainability efforts and capacity in U.S. cities, and about one third of the sustainability practices identified in this article have been implemented.
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Sustainability as a Conceptual Focus for Public Administration
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that sustainability should define the conceptual focus for the field of public administration in the coming decade, and that the challenge of governance, and thus, public administration, is to sustain each of these systems on its own while maintaining an appropriate balance among them.