1998
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1068
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Justifying Public Decisions in Arctic Oil and Gas Development: American and Russian Approaches

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Government resource decisions in the Arctic typically involve complex issues; multiple criteria are used to choose among alternatives. This complexity is even greater with petroleum development because of concerns about national energy security, environmental impacts, and economic development. Two decision-aiding techniques may help decision makers clarify their decisions to themselves, the stakeholders, and the general public. The Russian qualitative technique seeks to reduce the number of criteria … Show more

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“…This group includes methods of verbal decision-making analysis (Berkeley et al 1991;Andre' eva et al 1995;Larichev et al 1995;Larichev and Moshkovich 1996;Flanders et al 1998) and uses qualitative data for decision environments involving high levels of uncertainty.…”
Section: Multi-attribute Contractor Selection Modelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This group includes methods of verbal decision-making analysis (Berkeley et al 1991;Andre' eva et al 1995;Larichev et al 1995;Larichev and Moshkovich 1996;Flanders et al 1998) and uses qualitative data for decision environments involving high levels of uncertainty.…”
Section: Multi-attribute Contractor Selection Modelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the Russian case, a new option that was acceptable to the majority of active groups defined the future development of the big project. In the American case, a framework for regulatory decisions has been developed (Flanders et al, 1998). The last 30 -40 years of experience in applying decision analytical techniques has demonstrated that there are no universal tools for any kind of problem.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The importanceweighted impact calculated from these inputs favoured the causeway option (which the applicant sought permission for). Details and presentation are reported in Flanders et al (1998).…”
Section: Application Of American Nda In the Niakuk Casementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The EIA methods can be either qualitative or quantitative (e.g. Flanders et al 1998). EIA methods to help with impact identification are often categorised as checklist, matrices and networks (Bisset 1988(Bisset , 1992.…”
Section: Dealing With Ecological Uncertaintymentioning
confidence: 99%