Taking account of environmental factors in decision making can be both complex and challenging. This course, Introducing environmental decision making, considers decisions in their broader contexts and advocates a systems approach to environmental decision making.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Recognise and explain some different approaches to decision making
• Recognise and explain some major factors that influence decision making
• Recognise and explain what is understood by environmental decision making and several key concepts that are relevant to it
• Recognise and explain how to identify some environmental issues that are of interest or concern and explain why
• Recognise and explain what the authors of the course mean by a system, its boundary and environment.