Overview
- Editors:
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Katharina Helming
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Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
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Marta Pérez-Soba
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ALTERRA, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Paul Tabbush
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Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham Surrey, UK
- Provides an overview on the analytical approach in SENSOR and documents preliminary results
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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European level indicator framework
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- Sandrine Petit, Finn P. Vinther, Pieter J. Verkerk, Les G. Firbank, Niels Halberg, Tommy Dalgaard et al.
Pages 305-324
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- John H. Farrington, Tom Kuhlman, Dale S. Rothman, Zuzana Imrichova, Louise Reid, Éva Konkoly Gyuró
Pages 325-347
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- Maria Luisa Paracchini, Cesare Pacini, Silvia Calvo, Jürgen Vogt
Pages 349-372
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Regional and local evaluation
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Front Matter
Pages 373-373
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- Marta Pérez-Soba, Sandrine Petit, Laurence Jones, Nathalie Bertrand, Vincent Briquel, Luigi Omodei-Zorini et al.
Pages 375-404
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- Nathalie Bertrand, Laurence Jones, Berit Hasler, Luigi Omodei-Zorini, Sandrine Petit, Caterina Contini
Pages 405-424
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- Marion Potschin, Roy Haines-Young
Pages 425-450
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- Jake Morris, Marguerite Camilleri, Stefano Moncada
Pages 451-470
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- Oliver Dilly, Marguerite Camilleri, Carola Dörrie, Saviour Formosa, Gabrielle Galea, Dionys Hallenbarter et al.
Pages 471-494
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Back Matter
Pages 495-507
About this book
There are many reasons why strategic intelligence is required to support policy decisions. These primarily stem from the nature of today's kno- edge society with two contrasting trends. On the one hand, there is a trend of increasing human intelligence in the economic, social and political s- tems. On the other hand, there is a trend towards dissolving certainties about the problems and solutions of today's society. Clearly, more inf- mation does not necessary imply more certainties on how to act. What is more, the same facts are often interpreted in markedly different ways: the same policy relevant information can – and often does – results in confli- ing framing of a problem by different stakeholders. This is mainly due to competing assumptions, rather then because of inconsistent facts. The- fore, it is not surprising that policy-makers are calling for strategic intel- gence to support their understanding of today's challenges, including the relevant aspects of science and technology, their impact and their possible future developments. Over the last 15 years, Europe has rapidly adopted the practice of dev- oping and using Impact Assessment (IA) tools to support decision-making. Formal procedures and guidance for IA are well established within the European Commission and in most EU Member States. The adoption of IA procedures alone, however, does not guarantee that every policy domain is actually using the full potential of these assessment tools in the preparation of policies and legislation.
Editors and Affiliations
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Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
Katharina Helming
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ALTERRA, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Marta Pérez-Soba
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Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham Surrey, UK
Paul Tabbush