| The challenge of degraded environments: how common biases impair effective policy. | |
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PMID: 20738820 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Economic activity can damage natural systems and reduce the flow of ecosystem services. The harms can be substantial, as our case studies vividly illustrate. Most degraded landscapes have at least some potential to be reclaimed. However, uncertainty plagues decision making regarding degradation and reclamation, in relation to the extent of the damage, the success of reclamation, and how exposure will change in the future. We examine how a range of observed decision biases can lead to far-from-optimal policies regarding how much degradation to allow and when, as well as how and how much, to reclaim degraded sites. Despite our focus on degraded landscapes, we believe these are generic biases present in a wide range of risk situations. Our three case studies show these biases at work. The first two studies are of mining operations in the United States and Canada, and the third is of climate change. |
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Alan Berger; Case Brown; Carolyn Kousky; Richard Zeckhauser |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-25 |
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Title: Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis Volume: 31 ISSN: 1539-6924 ISO Abbreviation: Risk Anal. Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-09-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8109978 Medline TA: Risk Anal Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1423-33 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 Society for Risk Analysis. |
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