Environmental Management Technical Documents

Environmental Management and Decision-Making

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1999. Managing for Results: Making a Difference in Environmental Protection.

U.S. EPA Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation. 1995. A Conceptual Framework to Support the Development and Use of Environmental Information for Decision-Making.

U.S. General Accounting Office. 2000. Managing for Results: EPA Faces Challenges in Developing Results-Oriented Performance Goals and Measures: Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO/RCED-00-77.

Indicator Development

Bernard, James R. Frameworks for Categorizing and Organizing Environmental Indicators. Green Mountain Institute for Environmental Democracy Issue Paper No. 16, April 1997.

Hardi, Peter and Lazlo Pinter. Models and Methods of Measuring Sustainable Development Performance. International Institute for Sustainable Development, January 1995.

Jones, Ken. Indicators, Planning and Comparative Risk: Complimentary Tools for Environmental Management. Northeast Center for Comparative Risk (NCCR) Issue Paper No. 9, April 1993.

U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. Indicator Development Strategy. EPA/620/R-/022, March 1994.

VanGenderen, Heidi and Tyler Norris. The Community Indicator Handbook: Measuring Progress Toward Healthy and Sustainable Communities. Redefining Progress, April 1997.