1998 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 17-29
The purpose of this paper is to propose an environmental comprehensive model, called the framework model, for environmental policy analysis support. After the cold war, the global environmental problem became a big subject of international politics. Recently, the national and local governments, as well as international organizations have been searching for plans to sustainable development. Many researchers in various fields have been trying to assess policy options for sustainable development and to develop models to be used policy analysis. However, there have been some difficulties in communicating policy needs and scientific knowledge between policy makers and researchers or experts. In this research, a framework model is developed to summarize the knowledge of experts in the environmental field, and to analyze influences of policies and then to suggest possible policy options to the policy makers. Thus, this model is a communication platform for assessing sustainable development policies.
