Despite a vast amount of effort and expertise devoted to them, many environmental conflicts have remained mired in controversy, stubbornly defying resolution. Why can some environmental problems be resolved in one locale but remain contentious in another, often carrying on for decades? What is it about certain issues or the people involved that make a conflict seemingly insoluble."Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts" addresses those and related questions, examining what researchers and experts in the field characterize as "intractable" disputes--intense disputes that persist...