ABSTRACT
Identification of the most likely outcomes of policy alternatives is required to improve the management of multifunctional landscapes. Policy analysis is traditionally based on assumptions of economic rationality in decision making. However, the concept of economic rationality is a simplifying assumption in neoclassical economics. Brueckner (2007) shows that an assumption of economic rationality in policy development for multifunctional landscapes limits the viability and acceptability of policy alternatives. A fuller understanding of ‘matrices’ of decision making objectives of land managers is likely to significantly improve policy design.
