Uncertainty in Environmental Decision Making: Issues, Challenges and Future Directions

Authors

H. R. Maier, University of Adelaide
J. C. Ascough, USDA-ARS
M. Wattenbach, Uniwrsitv of Aberdeen
C. S. Renschler, State University of New York
W. B. Labiosa, Stanford University
J. K. Ravalico, University of Adelaide

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING, SOFTWARE AND DECISION SUPPORT: STATE OF THE ART AND NEW PERSPECTIVES, edited by A. J. Jakeman, A. A. Voinov, A. E. Rizzoli, & S. H. Chen (Amsterdam et al.: Elsevier, 2008). This article is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

Abstract

There has been an increase in the use of formal approaches to environmental management. Jakeman and Letcher (2003) and Jakeman et al. (2006) have demonstrated the importance of integrated models as a means of assessing the response of environmental systems to proposed enlargement options. Gunderson and Holling (2000), Cowie and Borrett (2005), Curtis et al. (2005) and Pahl-Wostl (2005) have highlighted the need for the incorporation of social and institutional aspects into decision-making processes.