How To Do Environmental Decision Making: Varying Perspectives on the U.S. National Research Council’s Understanding Risk Report

Authors

Thomas Webler, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Seth Tuler, Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)

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.

Comments

Thomas Webler and Seth Tuler were guest editors in this issue's Human Ecology Forum: Essays and Commentary.

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