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Identifying Environmental Values

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Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making

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What people care about constitutes their values. Some of these values directly involve features of the natural environment: trees, views, animal habitats, or plant species. Other values involve related economic concerns (e.g., resource-sector jobs), social concerns (e.g., the stability of rural communities), or health and safety concerns (e.g., air pollution from emissions) that are influenced by aspects of the natural and built environment.

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  1. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6036, USA

    Virginia H. Dale (Senior Scientist) (Senior Scientist)

  2. Energy, Environment and Resources Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4134, USA

    Mary R. English (Research Leader) (Research Leader)

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Gregory, R., Lewis, J.W. (1999). Identifying Environmental Values. In: Dale, V.H., English, M.R. (eds) Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1418-2_2

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