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Introducing environmental decision making

Many of the decisions we make have implications for our environment, particularly those concerning natural resources and waste. Taking account of environmental factors in decision making can be both complex and challenging. This free course, Introducing environmental decision making, considers decisions in their broader contexts and advocates a systems approach to environmental decision making.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- recognise and explain some different approaches to decision making
- recognise and explain some major factors that influence decision making
- recognise and explain what is understood by environmental decision making and several key concepts that are relevant to it
- recognise and explain how to identify some environmental issues that are of interest or concern and explain why
- recognise and explain what the authors of the course mean by a system, its boundary and environment.
First Published: 19/10/2012
Updated: 12/01/2017
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Course content
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Introduction to decision making
- 2 What do we mean by environmental decision making?
- 3 Values, power and evolving discourse in environmental decision making
- 4 Your experience of decision making and environmental decision making
- 5 ‘Freedom to fly?’ A case study in aviation expansion
- 5 ‘Freedom to fly?’ A case study in aviation expansion
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The need for an ‘Aviation White Paper’
- 5.3 The process leading up to the publication of the UK December 2003 Aviation White Paper
- 5.3.1 Structuring the decision-making process
- 5.3.2 How much airport capacity?
- 5.3.3 How will the environmental impact be mitigated or paid for?
- 5.3.4 Response to national consultation
- 5.3.5 Where should the new airport capacity be located?
- 5.3.6 The SERAS process
- 5.3.7 Regional consultation on airport expansion
- 5.4 The December 2003 Aviation White Paper
- 5.5 Reaction to the Aviation White Paper
- 5.6 The future
- 6 The T863 framework for environmental decision making
- Conclusion
- Keep on learning
- References
- Acknowledgements
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