Water Resources Update

Universities Council on Water Resources

Issue No. 113: Autumn 1998

Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty:

The Nexus Between Science and Policy

 

                                                                                                Table of Contents

 

Foreword by Elisabeth A. Graffy.................................................................................................................................................................. 1

 

                Connecting Scientific Research Agendas to Social Needs: Some Reflections by Michael A. Toman......................... 4

 

                The Value of Water Quality Information for National Environmental Regulation by Dennis R. Helsel...................... 9

 

                Thoughts on the Application of Science To Decision Making by Richard L. Bernknopf and Herman A. Karl........ 14

 

               Science, Democracy, and Water Policy by Helen Ingram and Anne Schneider............................................................. 21

 

               The Art and Science of Environmental Legislation by Andrew C. Fish........................................................................... 29

 

      Adaptive Ecosystem Management and the Florida Everglades: More Than Trial-and-Error?

            by J. Walter Milon, Clyde F. Kiker, and Donna J. Lee........................................................................................................ 37