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Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP)
a subgroup within Department of Urban Studies and Planning
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Faculty Publications

The following is a list of some of the major contributions of the EPP faculty to the theory and practice of environmental planning.

Lawrence Susskind and Isabelle Anguelovski, Addressing the Land Claims of Indigenous People, a monograph published by the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice, 2008
Nicholas A. Ashford and Charles C. Caldart The Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Reclaiming the Environmental Agenda, MIT Press, 2008,
Nicholas A. Ashford, “The Legacy Of The Precautionary Principle In U.S. Law: The Rise of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Risk Assessment as Undermining Factors in Health, Safety and Environmental Protection"in Nicolas de Sadeleer (ed.), Implementation the Precautionary Principle: Approaches from the Nordic Countries. the EU and the United States Earthscan: London, 2007.
Judy Layzer and William Moomaw, "Changing Course Will Require Major Policy Change..." Boston Review, January/February, 2007.
Lawrence Susskind et. all, Integrating Scientific Information, Stakeholder Interests, and Political Concerns in Resource and Environmental Planning and Management. In Kevin S. Hanna and D. Scott Slocombe, eds., Fostering Integration: Concepts and Practiced in Resource and Environmental Management (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Herman Karl, Lawrence Susskind, and Katherine H. Wallace, "A Dialogue, Not a Diatribe—Effective Integration of Science and Policy through Joint Fact Finding," in Environment–Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, January/February 2007.
Lars Koch and Nicholas A. Ashford, Rethinking the Role of Information in Chemicals Policy: Implications for TSCA and REACH,” Journal of Cleaner Production 14(1): 31-46, 2006.
Judy Layzer The Environmental Case: Translating Values Into Policy, 2nd ed. CQ Press, 2006.
Judy Layzer, "Fish Stories: Science, Advocacy, and Policy Change in New England Fishery Management", Policy Studies Journal, February 2006.
Lawrence Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank Breaking Robert's Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Nicolas Roufougaran and Herman Karl, "San Francisquito Creek—The Problem of Science in Environmental Disputes: Joint Fact Finding as a Transdiscplinary Approach toward Environmental Policy Making," U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1710, 2005.
Nicholas A. Ashford, Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Incorporating Science, Technology, Fairness, and Accountability in Environmental, Health, and Safety Decisions”, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 5(2/3/4):112-124, 2005.