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Sustainability And Decision‐Making:

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Sustainability has been advanced as an important societal goal which governments should adopt and implement. However, sustainability is a complex concept and one for which afirm consensus definition does not appear likely any time soon. This article briefly provides the conceptual background for a discussion of sustainability and then reviews one of the first attempts by the U.S. government to implement a policy specifically designed to promote sustainability, the Environmental Protection Agency's Sustainable Development Challenge Grant (SDCG) Program. The history for the program, the experience of it's first year are examined and a formal decision analysis of the problem facing the SDCG program managers is developed. Implications of this research for the SDCG and for other government policy‐making are discussed.

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  • Alex Farrell, 1999. "Sustainability And Decision‐Making:," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 16(3‐4), pages 36-74, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:16:y:1999:i:3-4:p:36-74
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1999.tb00878.x
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