Steven Manson is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, and a Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. He combines environmental, social, and information science to understand complex human-environment systems. He has won awards from organizations including the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and the Ecological Society of America.

'Decidedly not yet another 'data science and [fill in the blank] manifesto! This wide-ranging overview is optimistic about the potential, yet realistic about the challenges of the rapidly evolving data landscape facing scholars concerned with human-environment systems.' David O'Sullivan, Victoria University of Wellington

• 1. Data Science and Human-Environment Systems; 2. Data Gaps and Potential; 3. Big Methods, Big Messes, Big Solutions; 4. Theory and the Perils of Black Box Science; 5. Policy Dilemmas; 6. Ways Forward for the Data Science of Human-Environment Systems; References; Index.

Steven Manson is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, and a Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. He combines environmental, social, and information science to understand complex human-environment systems. He has won awards from organizations including the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and the Ecological Society of America.

'Decidedly not yet another 'data science and [fill in the blank] manifesto! This wide-ranging overview is optimistic about the potential, yet realistic about the challenges of the rapidly evolving data landscape facing scholars concerned with human-environment systems.' David O'Sullivan, Victoria University of Wellington

• 1. Data Science and Human-Environment Systems; 2. Data Gaps and Potential; 3. Big Methods, Big Messes, Big Solutions; 4. Theory and the Perils of Black Box Science; 5. Policy Dilemmas; 6. Ways Forward for the Data Science of Human-Environment Systems; References; Index.

Steven Manson is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, and a Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. He combines environmental, social, and information science to understand complex human-environment systems. He has won awards from organizations including the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and the Ecological Society of America.

'Decidedly not yet another 'data science and [fill in the blank] manifesto! This wide-ranging overview is optimistic about the potential, yet realistic about the challenges of the rapidly evolving data landscape facing scholars concerned with human-environment systems.' David O'Sullivan, Victoria University of Wellington

• 1. Data Science and Human-Environment Systems; 2. Data Gaps and Potential; 3. Big Methods, Big Messes, Big Solutions; 4. Theory and the Perils of Black Box Science; 5. Policy Dilemmas; 6. Ways Forward for the Data Science of Human-Environment Systems; References; Index.