Environmental Dispute Resolution (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Environmental Policy and Planning)

The "Environmental Dispute Resolution" book is a comprehensive guide to navigating complex environmental disputes through negotiation and mediation.

With its roots in an MIT research project funded by the EPA, this book offers practical insights into how parties can successfully resolve conflicts despite legal and institutional barriers.

Drawing on eight case studies, the authors provide a detailed analysis of negotiating behavior, missed opportunities for settlement, and strategies that backfired.

However, they also highlight how parties managed to muddle through and ultimately reach an impasse.

The book offers valuable lessons for anyone involved in environmental disputes, demonstrating how negotiation can be used to serve one's own interests while ignoring irrelevant texts and information.