National Academies Press: OpenBook

Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions (1997)

Chapter: 2 Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues

« Previous: 1 Interim Report of the Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA
Suggested Citation:"2 Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5756.
×

APPENDIX
2

Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues

  1. National Research Council (NRC). 1996. Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  2. National Research Council (NRC). 1996. Hazardous Materials in the Hydrologic Environment. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  3. National Research Council (NRC). 1996. Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  4. National Research Council (NRC). 1996. A Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  5. National Research Council (NRC). 1996. Understanding The Bering Sea Ecosystem. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  6. NSF (National Science Foundation). 1996. Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry: Research at the Interfaces of Geochemistry, Hydrology, Coastal Sciences, Chemistry, Microbial and Molecular Biology, Colloid and Transport Engineering, and Mathematics.

  7. EPA/SAB (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Science Advisory Board). 1995. Beyond the Horizon: Using Foresight to Protect the Environmental Future. SAB-EC-95-007.

  8. Gas Research Institute. 1995. Environmental Trends and Issues at the Research Horizon: Outlook for the Twenty-First Century.

  9. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 1995. The IPCC Second Assessment Report, Vols. I and II, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.

  10. Naiman, R. J., J. J. Magnuson, D. M. McKnight, and J. A. Stanford. 1995. The Freshwater Imperative: A Research Agenda. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 165 pp.

Suggested Citation:"2 Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5756.
×
  1. NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Review of the EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  2. NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Understanding Marine Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for the Nation. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  3. WMO (World Meteorological Organization). 1995. Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1994. Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project. Report No. 37. WMO, Geneva, Switzerland. 508 pp.

  4. NRC (National Research Council). 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  5. NRC (National Research Council). 1993. Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  6. NRC (National Research Council). 1993. Research to Protect, Restore, and Manage the Environment. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  7. NRC (National Research Council). 1993. Solid-Earth Sciences and Society. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  8. EPA/SAB (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Science Advisory Board). 1992. Safeguarding the Future: Credible Science, Credible Decisions. Expert Panel on the Role of Science at EPA. EPA/600/9-91/050.

  9. NRC (National Research Council). 1992. Science and the National Parks. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  10. Lubchenco, J., A. M. Olson, L. B. Brubaker, S. R. Carpenter, M. M. Holland, S. P. Hubbell, S. A. Levin, J. A. MacMahon, P. A. Matson, J. M. Melillo, H. A. Mooney, C. H. Peterson, H. R. Pulliam, L. A. Real, P. J. Regal, and P. G. Risser. 1991. The Sustainable Biosphere Initiative: An Ecological Research Agenda. Ecology 72(2), pp. 371-412.

  11. NRC (National Research Council). 1991. Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  12. NRC (National Research Council). 1991. Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

  13. EPA/SAB (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Science Advisory Board). 1990. Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection. SAB-EC-90-021.

  14. EPA/SAB (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Science Advisory Board). 1988. Future Risk: Research Strategies for the 1990s. SAB-EC-88-040.

Suggested Citation:"2 Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5756.
×
Page 81
Suggested Citation:"2 Reports Analyzed to Identify Priority Environmental Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5756.
×
Page 82
Next: 3 Biographical Sketches of Committee Members »
Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions Get This Book
×
 Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions
Buy Paperback | $44.00 Buy Ebook | $35.99
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect human health and ecosystems from particular threats. Despite some successes, many problems remain unsolved and new ones are emerging. Increasing population and related pressures, combined with a realization of the interconnectedness and complexity of environmental systems, present new challenges to policymakers and regulators.

Scientific research has played, and will continue to play, an essential part in solving environmental problems. Decisions based on incorrect or incomplete understanding of environmental systems will not achieve the greatest reduction of risk at the lowest cost.

This volume describes a framework for acquiring the knowledge needed both to solve current recognized problems and to be prepared for the kinds of problems likely to emerge in the future. Many case examples are included to illustrate why some environmental control strategies have succeeded where others have fallen short and how we can do better in the future.

READ FREE ONLINE

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    Switch between the Original Pages, where you can read the report as it appeared in print, and Text Pages for the web version, where you can highlight and search the text.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  9. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!