Implementing sustainable development : integrated assessment and participatory decision making processes pt. 1. Methodological issues towards integrative analysis pt. 2. Participatory frameworks pt. 3. Perspectives in ecological economic modelling Decision makers increasingly seek to design environmental and development policies that will support sustainable development. Thus practical tools to help formulate sustainable development policies and clear methods to assess their acceptability and effectiveness are urgently needed. This book contributes to meeting these needs by presenting both analytical and empirical aspects of decision making processes