Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks - Chapter 20 Table of Contents

Volume 2: A Functional Analysis of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain

The Social Learning Group
The MIT Press, 2001

Part III: Studies of Management Functions

Josee van Eijndhoven, Brian Wynne, and Rodney Dobell with Ellis Cowling, Nancy M. Dickson, Gerda Dinkelman, Peter M. Haas, Jill Jäger, Angela Liberatore, Diana Liverman, Miranda A. Schreurs, Vassily Sokolov, and Ferenc L. Tóth

20.1	Introduction
20.2	Researching the Evaluation Function
20.3	Evaluation Practices
20.3.1	Introduction
20.3.2	The Montreal Protocol and Related Activities
20.3.3	Evaluations of Acid Rain Policy and Research National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
20.3.4	Evaluations and Climate Change
20.3.5	Evaluation as Part of a Planning Cycle: The Netherlands Case
20.4	Changes and Differences in Evaluation Practices
20.4.1	Changes in Evaluation over Time
20.4.2	Cross Arena Differences
20.4.3	The Involvement of Actor Groups
20.4.4	Issue Specific Differences
20.5	Trends and Patterns
20.6	Conclusions: Enhancing Learning Capacity by Evaluation?
20.6.1	The Quality of Evaluation Activities
20.6.2	Prospects for Improvement
Appendix 20A	Acronyms Notes References