In this paper the author makes a plea for interactive multiobjective policy analysis in complex economic-environmental systems. An operational method, interactive multiple-goal programming (IMGP), is described in greater detail followed by a case study for the industrial heartland of Western Europe. Results of various experiments with IMGP are described, and some general lessons from such interactive policy analyses are presented.
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