The Science of Strategic Conservation: Protecting More with Less

ISBN-13: 9781316642184 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 340 str.

Kent D. Messer; William L. Allen III

Opis

Make conservation investments using structured decision-making, mathematical programming, the power of markets, and behavioral nudges.

Spis treści

Foreword Larry Selzer; 1. Strategic conservation matters; 2. A $100 bottle of wine and a hammer: principles of strategic conservation; 3. From great ideas to costly habits; 4. Avoiding budget sponges and other lessons from conservation failures; 5. Moving from mission to vision to criteria; 6. Transform criteria into conservation benefits; 7. Enhance the evaluation of choices; 8. Get the best bang for your buck; 9. Harness the power of markets and behavioral nudges; 10. Putting it all together: a short story; 11. Do it! Exercises using optimization decision support tools; 12. Do It! Exercises using the logic scoring of preference method; Appendix A. Mathematical foundations of the logic scoring of preference method; References; Index.