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Understanding Risk
Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society
Av National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
1449 kr
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Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists. The key task of risk characterization is to provide needed …
State of the Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment
Proceedings of a Workshop Series
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
234 kr
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assembled the ad hoc Committee on State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment to convene state-of-the-science workshops and develop a consensus report to advise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on further …
State of the Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment
Proceedings of a Workshop Series
Av Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
357 kr
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assembled the ad hoc Committee on State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment to convene state-of-the-science workshops and develop a consensus report to advise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on further …
Understanding Risk
Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society
Av Committee on Risk Characterization, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
762 kr
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Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists. The key task of risk characterization is to provide needed …
Making Climate Forecasts Matter
Av Panel on the Human Dimensions of Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Variability, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
678 kr
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El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate may be of tremendous value to humanity if we learn how to use the information well. How does society cope with …
People and Pixels
Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 1998
610 kr
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Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth''s surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibilities for using remote sensing technology to improve understanding of social processes and …
Environmentally Significant Consumption
Research Directions
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 1997
874 kr
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There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "consumption" is at the root of global environmental threats: wealthy individuals and societies use far too much of the earth''s resource base and should scale back their appetites to preserve …
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Research Pathways for the Next Decade
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change and Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
416 kr
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This publication is extracted from a much larger report, Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade , which addresses the full range of the scientific issues concerning global environmental change and offers guidance to the scientific effort on these issues in the United …
Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Draft Strategic Plan
Av Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
485 kr
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The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as "global change research." Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation, in terms of protecting public health and safety, enhancing economic strength and competitiveness, and …
Global Change Research Needs and Opportunities for 2022-2031
Av Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
572 kr
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The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change. Global Change Research Needs and Opportunities for …
Climate and Social Stress
Implications for Security Analysis
Av Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
762 kr
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Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events—slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may cascade, or have far-reaching effects. …
Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships
Av Committee on Sustainability Partnerships in the U.S.–Mexico Drylands Region, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
710 kr
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The border region shared by the United States and Mexico is currently experiencing multiple crises on both sides that present challenges to safeguarding the region''s sustainable natural resources and to ensuring the livelihoods of its residents. These challenges are exacerbated by stressors …
Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
Summary of a Workshop
Av National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
619 kr
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The Earth's population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion by the year 2100. At the same time, most people …
Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
Summary of a Workshop
Av Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Population m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
554 kr
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The Earth''s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion by the year 2100. At the same time, most people …
Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development
Summary of Two Workshops
Av National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
632 kr
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Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "fracking") is dramatically increasing production of natural gas in the United States, where significant gas deposits exist in formations that underlie …
Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development
Summary of Two Workshops
Av Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
554 kr
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Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "fracking") is dramatically increasing production of natural gas in the United States, where significant gas deposits exist in formations that underlie …
Enhancing Participation in the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
619 kr
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The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change. As the understanding of global change has evolved over …
Enhancing Participation in the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Av Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
554 kr
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The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change. As the understanding of global change has evolved over …
Assessment of Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon
Phase 1 Report on a Near-Term Update
Av Committee on Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
727 kr
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The social cost of carbon (SCC) for a given year is an estimate, in dollars, of the present discounted value of the damage caused by a 1-metric ton increase in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere in that year; or equivalently, the benefits of reducing CO2 emissions by the same amount in that given …
Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Update to the Strategic Plan Document
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
660 kr
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The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed in 2012. The Strategic Plan sets out a research program guiding thirteen federal agencies in accord with the Global Change Research Act of 1990. This …
Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Update to the Strategic Plan Document
Av Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
589 kr
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The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed in 2012. The Strategic Plan sets out a research program guiding thirteen federal agencies in accord with the Global Change Research Act of 1990. This …
Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments
Proceedings of a Workshop
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
729 kr
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established in 1990 to a /assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change.a 1 A key responsibility for the program is to conduct National Climate Assessments …
Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments
Proceedings of a Workshop
Av Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
644 kr
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established in 1990 to "assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change."1 A key responsibility for the program is to conduct National Climate Assessments (NCAs) …
Valuing Climate Damages
Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide
Av Committee on Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1039 kr
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The social cost of carbon (SC-CO2) is an economic metric intended to provide a comprehensive estimate of the net damages - that is, the monetized value of the net impacts, both negative and positive - from the global climate change that results from a small (1-metric ton) increase in carbon-dioxide …
Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
365 kr
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to a /assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global changea . …
Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Av Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
488 kr
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to "assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change". …
Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences Within the Weather Enterprise
Av Committee on Advancing Social and Behavioral Science Research and Application Within the Weather Enterprise, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
849 kr
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Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurricanes and storm surge, extreme heat, and other severe weather events are made with greater accuracy, geographic specificity, and lead time to allow …
Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens
Av Committee on Long-Term Management of the Spirit Lake/Toutle River System in Southwest Washington, Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
1039 kr
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The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The eruption destroyed the summit of the volcano, sending large amounts of debris into the North Fork Toutle River, and blocking the sole means of drainage …
Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Av Committee to Review the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
849 kr
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Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National …
