Adding the Time Dimension to Environmental Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID6270928
AuthorsDennis L Meadows (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jorgens Randers (0000-0002-2214-684X, Volkswagen Foundation), Jorgen Randers
Year1972
Volume26
Issue2
Pages213-233
Publication date1972-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020818300003301
OpenAlexW1988558844
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

The vast majority of the decisions made in our global society are responses to problems in which cause and effect are closely related in time and in space. When a problem becomes important, its source is usually obvious, and any appropriate response usually becomes effective in time to eliminate the difficulty. For this class of phenomena it is satisfactory to react after a problem is already apparent. Thus, the institutions involved need only monitor the current status of the system; they need not maintain a long planning horizon. It is important to realize that most environmental problems do not fit into this category. The delays associated with most environmental processes will require us to add an explicit consideration of the time dimension in formulating environmental policy

Business · Class (philosophy · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Horizon · Mathematical optimization · Operations research · Risk analysis (engineering · Space (punctuation) · Time horizon · Artificial Intelligence · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Mathematics · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

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