Abstract
In this article, we identify four typical roles played by computer models in environmental policy-making, and explore the relationship of these roles to different stages of policy development over time. The four different roles are: models as eye-openers, models as arguments in dissent, models as vehicles in creating consensus and models for management. A general environmental policy life cycle is used to assess the different roles models play in the policy process. The relationship between the roles of models and the different stages of the policy life cycle is explored with a selection of published accounts of computer models and their use in environmental policy-making.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 221-231 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Computer models
- Environmental policy
- Policy life cycles
- Policy process
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Global and Planetary Change
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Geography, Planning and Development
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The roles of computer models in the environmental policy life cycle. / Van Daalen, C. Els; Dresen, Leen; Janssen, Marcus.
In: Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 3, 06.2002, p. 221-231.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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