The European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment |
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Authors: | Richard SJ Tol Pier Vellinga |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1115, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) can be loosely defined as policy‐relevant, multidisciplinary research on environmental
issues. Many, diverse activities in this broad field are ongoing, but the approaches lack the structure, standardization and
quality control common in disciplinary research. IEA has three stages: “structuring the problem”, “analyzing the problem”
and “communicating the findings and insights”. Each stage has its inherent difficulties, not least because problem definition
and analysis are neither separable nor unambiguous nor unique. Difficulties are exacerbated in the first and third stages
by the necessity for science and policy to work together. Difficulties are exacerbated in the second stage by the necessity
of different scientific disciplines to cooperate. The European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment is an initiative
to improve scientific quality and policy‐relevance of IEA, by organizing two series of workshops, one looking in detail at
current and desired scientific practices, the other reviewing current and establishing further applications of IEA to environmental
issues in Europe.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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