Advances in Measuring the Environmental and Social Impacts of Environmental Programs
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Advances in Measuring the Environmental and Social Impacts of Environmental Programs
Inspired by the success of evidence-based medicine, environmental scholars and practitioners have grown enthusiastic about applying a similar evidencebased approach to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. An important component of the evidence-based movement is the empirical evaluation of program and policy impacts. Impact evaluations draw heavily from recent advances...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Environment and Resources
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1543-5938,1545-2050
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-101813-013230