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An online, self-paced curriculum for learning the basic techniques government agencies, citizen action groups, corporations and research institutions use to solve pressing environmental problems.

The ‘Environmental Problem-Solving - A Video-Enhanced Self-Instructional e-Book from MIT’ e-book presents short-excerpts from carefully selected readings, expert commentaries on those readings, interactive assignments, short videos of the best MIT student responses to the assignments, exam questions with excellent student responses and additional video excerpts of MIT faculty discussing the four main elements of the curriculum: models of environmental policy-making; competing theories of environmental ethics; tools for environmental assessment and environmental decision-making; and techniques for public engagement and group decision-making. The e-book covers the material presented in the semester-long course required of all students enrolled in MIT’s Environmental Policy and Planning Specialization. It includes the actual assignments the MIT students are expected to complete each week as well as videos of the real-time oral presentations they are required to make to visiting practitioners. The final exam is accompanied by the best student answers.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

Environmental management

Public policy

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Publié par	Anthem Press
Date de parution	04 décembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781783087020
Langue	English

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Environmental Problem-Solving
Environmental Problem-Solving
A Video-Enhanced Self-Instructional e-Book from MIT
An Overview of the Tools of Environmental Policy-Making and Decision-Making
Lawrence Susskind, Bruno Verdini, Jessica Gordon and Yasmin Zaerpoor
Anthem Press
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78308-702-0 (E-pub)
ISBN-10: 1-78308-702-1 (E-pub)
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Credits and Permissions
INTRODUCTION
Scenarios and Videos
Section I: INFLUENCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING PROCESS
Introduction
Readings and Commentaries
Steven Cohen— Understanding Environmental Policy
Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh and Anthony Perl— Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles & Policy Subsystems
Lawrence Susskind— Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice
Elinor Ostrom— The Future of the Commons: Beyond Market Failure and Government Regulations
Scenario: Policy Evaluation
Video: Student response to Policy Evaluation scenario
Scenario: Comparative Policy Analysis
Video: Student response to Comparative Policy Analysis scenario
Written Assignment 1: National Environmental Policy-Making
First student response to Assignment 1: National Environmental Policy-Making in the United Kingdom
Second student response to Assignment 1: A Model of Environmental Policy-Making in the United States
Section II: ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM-SOLVING
Introduction
Readings and Commentaries
Joseph R. DesJardins— Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy
Jason Corburn— Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice
Scenario: The Precautionary Principle
Video Discussion: Dealing with Uncertainty
Scenario: Sustainability versus Economic Development
Video: Student response to Sustainability versus Economic Development scenario
Scenario: Local Knowledge versus Expert Knowledge
Video: Student response to Local Knowledge versus Expert Knowledge scenario
Written Assignment 2: Environmental Ethics
First student response to Assignment 2: Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development
Second student response to Assignment 2: The Ethics of Sustainable Development
Section III: DEVELOPMENTS IN POLICY AND PROJECT ANALYSIS
Introduction
Readings and Commentaries
Lawrence Susskind, Ravi K. Jain and Andrew O. Martyniuk— Better Environmental Policy Studies
Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh— Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
Arwin van Buuren and Sibout Nooteboom— Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
David Pearce, Giles Atkinson and Susana Mourato— Cost Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Recent Developments
Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling— University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Lawrence H. Goulder and Ian W. H. Parry— Economics of the Environment
Robert Costanza, Rudolf de Groot, Paul Sutton, Sander van der Ploeg, Sharolyn J. Anderson, Ida Kubiszewski, Stephen Farber and R. Kerry Turner— Global Environmental Change
Donald Ludwig— Ecosystems
Howard Kunreuther and Paul Slovic— Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
John Sterman— Managing a Nation: The Microcomputer Software Catalog
University of Washington Urban Ecology Research Lab— Puget Sound Future Scenarios
Scenario: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Video Discussion: Defining Gains and Losses
Role-Play Exercise: Negotiating Societal Risk Assessment
General Instructions
Confidential Instructions to the Head of the Dairy Cooperative
Video: Negotiating Societal Risk Assessment
Student Reflection: Negotiating Societal Risk Assessment
Written Assignment 3: Environmental Assessment
First student response to Assignment 3: Strengths, Weaknesses and Policy Implications of Environmental Analysis Tools
Second student response to Assignment 3: Environmental Management Can Be Enhanced through Analytical Tools
Section IV: COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Introduction
Readings and Commentaries
Lawrence Susskind and Jeffrey Cruikshank— Breaking Robert’s Rules
Ian Shapiro— State of Democratic Theory
Mark Sagoff— The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment
Lynn A. Mandarano— Journal of Planning Education and Research
Lawrence Susskind and Connie Ozawa— Journal of Planning Education and Research
Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn and Aaron McCright— Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Governance
Thomas C. Beierle— Public Participation in Environmental Decisions
Garrett Hardin— Science
Elinor Ostrom— Governing the Commons
Scenario: Public Participation Techniques and Strategies
Video: Student response to Public Participation Techniques and Strategies scenario
Scenario: Regional Consensus Building
Video: Student response to Regional Consensus Building scenario
Scenario: Environmental Dispute Resolution
Video: Student response to Environmental Dispute Resolution scenario
Written Assignment 4: Public Participation and Group Decision-Making
First student response to Assignment 4: Public Interest and the Consensus Building Approach
Second student response to Assignment 4: Democracy and Environmental Decision-Making
FINAL EXAM
Questions
Sample Responses to Select Exam Questions
CONCLUSIONS
Biographies
References
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This e-book would not have come to fruition without the relentless work and collaboration between the authors in the editorial team. We are also deeply grateful for Kathleen Schwind’s great efforts to negotiate and secure copyrights for the excerpts included in this e-book, Kelly Heber Dunning’s early insights, and Takeo Kuwabara’s generous coordination from start to finish.
The e-book is based on an MIT course (11.601) taught by Professor Lawrence Susskind. The course reflects his commitment to guiding students through their study of environmental policy in a way that helps them identify their own personal theory of practice. Whether or not they realized it at the time, the students have profoundly influenced the shape of the course and the e-book. We, therefore, want to extend our gratitude to all the students in 11.601 for inspiring this book, especially to those who agreed to share their work in written or video form. Thank you, Devon Neary, Li Qian Yeong, Emily Grandjean, Elizabeth Cooper, Raphael Dumas, Genea Foster, Anna Nowogrodzki, Sam Barnard, Andrew Binet, Nick Cohen, Phoebe Holtzman, Holly Jacobson, Cristina Logg, Emily Long, Kara Runsten, Griffin Smith, Johanna Greenspan-Johnston and Shin Bin Tan.
We want to acknowledge the efforts of Julie Herlihy at the Consensus Building Institute in ensuring that all the pieces came together. Thank you, Julie! Finally, none of this would have been possible without the tireless work by (and collaboration with) the Anthem team! Thank you!
CREDITS AND PERMISSIONS
Excerpts from the following materials have been reprinted in the various chapters with the permission of the copyright holders. We would like to express our gratitude to those who have made it possible for us to include these works in this volume.
Ackerman, Frank, and Lisa Heinzerling. 2002. “Pricing the Priceless: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protection.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review . Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Beierle, Thomas C. 1998. “Public Participation in Environmental Decisions: An Evaluation Framework Using Social Goals.” Discussion Paper 99–06, Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Cohen, Steven. 2014. “‘Understanding Environmental Policy’ and ‘A Framework for Understanding the Environmental Policy Issue.’” In Understanding Environmental Policy . New York: Columbia University Press. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Corburn, Jason. 2005. “Local Knowledge in Environmental Health Policy.” In Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Costanza, Robert, Rudolf de Groot, Paul Sutton, Sander van der Ploeg, Sharolyn J. Anderson, Ida Kubiszewski,