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Review: Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities By Michael P. Johnson, Jeffrey M. Keisler, Senay Solak, David A. Turcotte, Armagan Bayram, and Rachel Bogardus Drew

the desired change (Tbilisi Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education 1978; Hungerford and Volk 1990). Reading through it, it is impossible to ignore Portman’s sense of urgency and genuine concern for the marine and coastal environment and its deteriorating condition. In her vision, this book can and should be used as a tool by planners, policy makers, and others to stop or even reverse the human-led detrimental process of ocean and coastal pollution and degradation. As Portman states, “No matter how overwhelming these problems seem, there is no need to go from the recognition of huge problems to complete despair. These problems call for stewardship, and environmental planners are in luck in that they can make a difference” (221). This quote seems to summarize the book’s attitude well: while it emphasizes the damage done to the marine and coastal environment, it does not only call on planners and policy makers to change the situation, but also suggests the best ways for altering it. The methods described in the book include ecosystembased management (EBM), ecosystem services (ES), and the precautionary principle, alongside the call to use integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). The principal tools discussed are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and pollution prevention methods and policies. It also includes an overview of some of the technologies aimed at improving communication and decision making regarding the coastal and marine environment. The book is divided into three parts. The first includes a useful explanation of principal concepts in marine and coastal planning, and explains the connection between management and planning in this area. In the second part, Portman discusses the different methodologies and approaches pertaining to marine and coastal planning, emphasizing the usefulness of the integrative approach. She also reviews essential and relevant environmental issues such as marine and coastal ecosystem services and pollution. This part also includes specific considerations relevant to marine spatial planning, including several case studies. Additionally, chapter 11, “Current Issues: Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change,” touches on the subject of climate change (including issues such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and the rising temperatures of the oceans), another issue that is highly relevant to this type of planning, although the author chose to place it in the third part, perhaps because of the description of the available mitigation methods for climate change included in the chapter. The first two parts of the manuscript read like a regular overview of environmental considerations in marine and coastal planning. It is necessary for this type of book, as it provides the foundations and the rationale for the third part, which is where, in my opinion, the book’s true strength lies. In this third part, Portman offers several examples of what she calls “Tools and Technologies” that are meant to create the necessary change in marine and coastal policy and planning. She discusses methods for planning sustainable Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and communicating marineand coastal-related information and data between stakeholders, the government and scientists, as well as the public. In this discussion, she emphasizes the role of tools such as narration and visualization tools, as well as decision support tools (DSTs), including advanced, state-of the-art solutions such as Marxan, Zonation, and GIS. The book’s largest contribution lies in the fact that unlike other scientific literature on the subject, it specifically focuses on planning and provides planners (and others) the tools to make a change in an area that desperately needs one. In summary, Portman has created the definitive guide for coastal and marine planners who are interested in responsible and sustainable environmental planning. Researchers and students wishing to improve their knowledge and make sense of the “sea” of information that surrounds coastal and marine policy, managing and planning, would also find the book to be very useful. Also, although it is easy to read and understand even for those who come in contact with the subject matter for the first time, it is still written as an academic manuscript and provides more profound scientific knowledge than that which is available in texts meant for the general public and thus can be highly useful for researchers.