Integrated modeling for integrated environmental decision making [electronic resource] : white paper / United States Environmental Protection Agency, Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2008.
Title from title screen (viewed on January 2, 2009).
Note
"EPA 100-R-08/010."
"November 2008."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Integrated modeling encompasses a broad range of approaches and configurations of models, data and assessment methods to describe and analyze complex environmental problems, often in a multimedia and multidisciplinary manner. This staff white paper recommends a commitment to a new direction in environmental modeling and decision making, one that adopts a systems thinking approach.