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39 produkter
New Tools for Environmental Protection
Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures
Av National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
936 kr
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Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate. The political climate …
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 …
Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program
Av Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
286 kr
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This study recommends a definition of “decision support” that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance decision support. The book emphasizes that seasonal climate forecasts provide fundamentally new …
Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Av Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
788 kr
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Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies usually have broad discretion about the extent of that involvement. Approaches vary widely, from holding public …
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 …
Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Av Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
1126 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies usually have broad discretion about the extent of that involvement. Approaches vary widely, from holding public …
Facilitating Climate Change Responses
A Report of Two Workshops on Knowledge from the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Av Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
494 kr
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to organize two workshops to showcase some of the …
Population, Land Use, and Environment
Research Directions
Av Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
953 kr
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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendationsfor future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populationsaffect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation,urban development, and development of coastal zones. …
Decision Making for the Environment
Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities
Av Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
824 kr
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With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually manage such problems more effectively. Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral …
New Tools for Environmental Protection
Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
1039 kr
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Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate. The political climate …
Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle
Summary of a Workshop
Av Paul C. Stern, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
303 kr
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The USGCRP''s Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council''s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle. The basic purpose of the workshop was to help build bridges between the research communities in the …
Drama of the Commons
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
624 kr
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The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality of human-environment interactions in special situations. Research over the past thirty years has helped …
International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
Av Committee on International Conflict Resolution, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
1039 kr
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The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of violence within national borders that may …
Aging Mind
Opportunities in Cognitive Research
Av Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging, and Sensory Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
785 kr
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Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportunities they bring. For example, science has learned that among older adults who do not suffer from …
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 …
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 …
Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program
Av Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
416 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study recommends a definition of “decision support” that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance decision support. The book emphasizes that seasonal climate forecasts provide fundamentally new …
Strategy for Assessing Science
Behavioral and Social Research on Aging
Av Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging, Center for Studies of Behavior and Development m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
657 kr
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A Strategy for Assessing Science offers strategic advice on the perennial issue of assessing rates of progress in different scientific fields. It considers available knowledge about how science makes progress and examines a range of decision-making strategies for addressing key science policy …
Putting People on the Map
Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data
Av Panel on Confidentiality Issues Arising from the Integration of Remotely Sensed and Self-Identifying Data, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
745 kr
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Precise, accurate spatial information linked to social and behavioral data is revolutionizing social science by opening new questions for investigation and improving understanding of human behavior in its environmental context. At the same time, precise spatial data make it more likely that …
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. …
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 …
Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle
Summary of a Workshop
Av Paul C. Stern, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
200 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The USGCRP''s Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council''s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle. The basic purpose of the workshop was to help build bridges between the research communities in the …
New Tools for Environmental Protection
Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
736 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate. The political climate …
International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
Av Committee on International Conflict Resolution, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
641 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of violence within national borders that may …
Drama of the Commons
Av Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
458 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality of human-environment interactions in special situations. Research over the past thirty years has helped …
Aging Mind
Opportunities in Cognitive Research
Av Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging, and Sensory Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
509 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportunities they bring. For example, science has learned that among older adults who do not suffer from …
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
616 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
Decision Making for the Environment
Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities
Av Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
585 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually manage such problems more effectively. Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral …
Population, Land Use, and Environment
Research Directions
Av Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
627 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendationsfor future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populationsaffect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation,urban development, and development of coastal zones. …
Understanding Risk
Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society
Av Committee on Risk Characterization, Board on Environmental Change and Society m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
598 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
