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Time horizons in evaluating environmental policies
Author(s) -
Hildén Mikael
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.291
Subject(s) - key (lock) , computer science , intervention (counseling) , classification of discontinuities , management science , psychology , economics , computer security , mathematics , mathematical analysis , psychiatry
Environmental policies have to deal with nonlinear changes, discontinuities, and thresholds that may unfold with the passing of time. A recursive and adaptive approach to policy evaluation can deal with these challenges. Key characteristics of adaptive evaluations are their recursive nature, systematic exploration of multiple intervention theories, and ability to probe into new issues in close interaction with the policy development itself. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.