Workshop: Community Based Environmental Decision Making, Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop in the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series (2000)

Paper Number: EE-0433

Document Date: 07/01/2000

Author(s):  Environmental Law Institute

Subject Area(s):

Economic Analysis, Community Decision, Individual Preferences, Group Preferences, Stakeholder Participation

Keywords: Economic Analysis, Community Decision, Individual Preferences, Group Preferences, Stakeholder Participation

Summary: 

The purpose of the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series is to hold in-depth workshops on timely topics that will further the use of economics as a tool for environmental decision making. Both NSF/EPA grant recipients and researchers (from EPA, fellow Federal agencies, academia, and others) will be invited to attend and discuss their on-going research. Topics will be chosen based on relevance to current EPA issues and, more broadly, to issues of concern to the environmental economics community. These topics include exploration of innovations in economic research methods as well as how research will further environmental policy making and future environmental economic studies.

These are the proceedings from a one-day workshop cosponsored by US EPA Office of Economy and Environment and National Center for Environmental Research and the National Science Foundation Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program. It explores the issues surrounding "Community Based Environmental Protection." The first session, "Approaches to Valuing the Environment," approaches valuation from the viewpoint of both individual and group, or democratic, preferences and implications for current valuation methods. The second session, "Stakeholder Participation and Decision Making," discusses and evaluates approaches to group decision making. The third session discussed "Cooperation in Environmental Decision Making," which examines the effectiveness of voluntary versus command and control regulations in communities.

Introduction:

• Introductory Comments by Henry Longest II, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management, US EPA Office of Research and Development, Summarization

Session I: Approaches to Valuing the Environment

• Environmental Values and Adaptive Management by Bryan Norton and Anne Steinemann, Georgia Institute of Technology, Summarization
• The Distinction Between Value and Benefit, Mark Sagoff, University of Maryland
• Policy Discussion for Session I by Julie Hewitt, US EPA Office of Economy and Environment
• Policy Discussion for Session I by Rachelle Hollander, National Science Foundation Decision, Risk and Management Science Program
• Question and Answer Period for Session I

Session II: Stakeholder Participation and Decision Making Page

• Structured Decision Processes for Environmental Management Decisions:Linking Consultation and Analysis by Robin Gregory, Decision Research and Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia
• Motives and Justifications for Participation by Local Governmental Officials in Collaborative Environmental Decision Making by Thomas Webler, Ingrid Shockey, Seth P. Tuler and Paul C. Stern, Social and Environmental Research Institute
• Policy Discussion for Session II by Claudia Walters, US EPA Office of Science Policy – Summarization
• Policy Discussion for Session II by Tom Beierle, Resources for the Future
• Question and Answer Period for Session II

Session III: Cooperation in Environmental Decision Making

• Surveying Diverse Stakeholder Groups: Methodological Considerations by William Leach, Neil Pelkey and Paul Sabatier, University of California, Davis
• Attitudinal Support for Collective Action: Do Institutions Matter? By Mark Lubell, Florida State University
• The Limits of Civic Environmentalism by Troy Abel, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Summarization with annotation
• Policy Discussion for Session III by Gerald Filbin, US EPA Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation Policy Discussion for Session III by Bruce Tonn, University of Tennessee
• Question and Answer Period for Session III

This workshop is part of the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series.

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  These are the proceedings from a one-day workshop cosponsored by US EPA Office of Economy and Environment and National Center for Environmental Research and the National Science Foundation Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program. It explores the issues surrounding "Community Based Environmental Protection."