Gough Janet, D2009-12-022009-12-021996-101 -86931-023-30112-0875https://hdl.handle.net/10182/1310All decisions that impact on the environment have technical, economic, social and cultural implications. To achieve our national goal of sustainable management, there is a need to develop and test environmental decision-making processes that incorporate these factors, and that take account of the inherent risk and uncertainty associated with environmental management. Three risk-based methods have been reviewed as decision-aiding tools for environmental management. These methods were evaluated against the characteristics of a typical groundwater decision problem to determine the preferred methods for each of four identified levels of decision making.enCopyright © Centre for Resource Managementenvironmental riskdecision makingrisk managementenvironmental policygroundwater systemsOtherMarsden::300803 Natural resources managementMarsden::300804 Environmental impact assessmentMarsden::300801 Environmental management and rehabilitationMarsden::390107 Environmental and natural resources law