Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Keywords
Public participation, Understanding risk
Abstract
There are two reasons why public participation in decision making about risk and environmental management persists as an important, timely issue. First, people still disagree about whether lay people should be involved in these decisions at all. This is the question of “why?” Second, there is uncertainty about how to best involve, meaningfully, diverse lay people and scientists in an efficient, effective decision making process. This is the question of “how?”
Publication Title
Human Ecology Review
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
35
Last Page
36
Required Publisher's Statement
Published by the Society for Human Ecology.
Human Ecology Review is an open access journal.
Recommended Citation
Webler, Thomas and Tuler, Seth, "How To Do Environmental Decision Making: Varying Perspectives on the U.S. National Research Council’s Understanding Risk Report" (1998). Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications. 9.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/envs_facpubs/9
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Environmental protection--Decision making--Citizen participation
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Comments
Thomas Webler and Seth Tuler were guest editors in this issue's Human Ecology Forum: Essays and Commentary.