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Environmental assessments can be classified by the urgency of the problem and therefore the amount of time allowed for the assessment before a decision is made to benefit environmental and social objectives. Deliberate (occurring in an unhurried fashion) and immediate (performed without delay) assessments have different constraints; and different value judgments or standards are used to judge their quality. Being aware of the differences and similarities can improve the quality of both deliberate and immediate environmental assessments. In particular, deliberate assessments can eventually provide knowledge or decision tools for future unanticipated emergencies.
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Cormier, S.M. (2008). A Synopsis of Immediate and Deliberate Environmental Assessments. In: Linkov, I., Ferguson, E., Magar, V.S. (eds) Real-Time and Deliberative Decision Making. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9026-4_2
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