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Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis.

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Doyle, MW; Von Windheim, J
Published in: Environmental management
January 2015

We develop an analytical approach for more systematically analyzing environmental management problems in order to develop strategic plans. This approach can be deployed by agencies, non-profit organizations, corporations, or other organizations and institutions tasked with improving environmental quality. The analysis relies on assessing the underlying natural processes followed by articulation of the relevant societal forces causing environmental change: (1) science and technology, (2) governance, (3) markets and the economy, and (4) public behavior. The four forces analysis is then used to strategize which types of actions might be most effective at influencing environmental quality. Such strategy has been under-used and under-valued in environmental management outside of the corporate sector, and we suggest that this four forces analysis is a useful analytic to begin developing such strategy.

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Environmental management

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EISSN

1432-1009

ISSN

0364-152X

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

55

Issue

1

Start / End Page

6 / 18

Related Subject Headings

  • Government
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Animals
 

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Doyle, M. W., & Von Windheim, J. (2015). Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis. Environmental Management, 55(1), 6–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0389-5
Doyle, Martin W., and Jesko Von Windheim. “Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis.Environmental Management 55, no. 1 (January 2015): 6–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0389-5.
Doyle MW, Von Windheim J. Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis. Environmental management. 2015 Jan;55(1):6–18.
Doyle, Martin W., and Jesko Von Windheim. “Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis.Environmental Management, vol. 55, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 6–18. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0389-5.
Doyle MW, Von Windheim J. Environmental management strategy: four forces analysis. Environmental management. 2015 Jan;55(1):6–18.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environmental management

DOI

EISSN

1432-1009

ISSN

0364-152X

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

55

Issue

1

Start / End Page

6 / 18

Related Subject Headings

  • Government
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Animals