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Appendix C: Glossary
Pages 135-138

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... The process also ensures changes are implemented on a set schedule and is a collaborative process that requires representative involvement from as many stakeholder groups as is feasible. Culture: the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends upon the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations (Merriam-Webster 2001)
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... . Sustainability: To create and maintain conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony and that permit fulfilling social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations (NEPA 1969; Executive Order 13514, 2009)
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... Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling, Office of Science Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [online]
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... Paper 490 in AMCIS 2010 Proceedings. AIS Electronic Library [online]
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