Communicating global change science to society : an assessment and case studies / edited by Holm Tiessen [and others].

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington : Island Press, [2007], ©2007.
Description
xvii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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    Notes
    "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science."
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Why this book? : an introduction and synthesis / Holm Tiessen
    • 2. Steering research toward policy relevance / Mark D. Stauffer, Walter E. Baethgen, Ricardo L. Berbara, Ernesto Caetano, Alejandro Castellanos, Barbara Gobel, Michael E. McClain, Romulo S. C. Menezes and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
    • 3. Stakeholders and global environmental change science / Mike Brklacich, I. Foster Brown, Edmo J. D. Campos, Alex Krusche, Allan Lavell, Kam-biu Liu, Juan J. Jimenez-Osornio, Susanne Reyes-Knoche and Charles Wood
    • 4. Delivering global environmental change science to the policy process / John Ingram, John Stone, Ulisses Confalonieri, Theresa Garvin, Peter R. Jutro, Carlos A. Klink, Brian H. Luckman, Elke Noellemeyer and Peter M. de Toledo
    • 5. Communicating science to the media, decision makers, and the public / Theo Beckers, Maureen Woodrow, Paul E. Filmer, Sonia M. F. Gianesella, Laura Gallardo Klenner, Carlos A. Klink, Jean-Francois Tourrand and Peter Weingart
    • 6. Communicating science in democratic media societies / Peter Weingart
    • 7. Institutions as initiators and users of science / Peter R. Jutro
    • 8. Vulnerabilities of societies under global environmental change (GEC) / Mike Brklacich, May Chazan and Andrew Dawe
    • 9. What social and natural sciences could learn from each other : the challenge of interdisciplinarity / Barbara Gobel
    • 10. Legal frameworks and biodiversity : the impact of ownership and control of biodiversity on science / Susanne Reyes-Knoche
    • 11. Integrating environmental and social agendas : the experience of the amazonian networks LBA and GEOMA / Peter M. de Toledo, Ima C. G. Vieira, Gilberto Camara and Carlos A. Nobre
    • 12. Assessment of present, past, and future climate variability in the Americas from treeline environments / Brian H. Luckman
    • 13. Climate variability and its impacts in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean / Victor Magana and Ernesto Caetano
    • 14. Stakeholders and decision makers in a study of global changes in the South Atlantic / Edmo J. D. Campos and Alberto R. Piola
    • 15. Climate variability and climate changes in the Southern Cone / Mario N. Nunez
    • 16. Land use change in semiarid Americas : biogeochemistry, societal impact, and policies / Romulo S. C. Menezes, Elke Noellemeyer, Ignacio H. Salcedo, Juan J. Jimenez-Osornio and Holm Tiessen
    • 17. Cattle ranching, land use, and deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru / Charles H. Wood and Jean-Francois Tourrand
    • 18. Global change effects on the vegetation of tropical high mountains and savannas / Carlos A. Klink, Juan F. Silva, Aura Azocar, Juan Gonzalez and Ricardo Herrera-Peraza
    • 19. Linking global change research to improved policies and management for amazonian rivers / Michael E. McClain, Remigio Galarraga-Sanchez, Carlos A. Llerena and Jose Efrain Ruiz
    • 20. Mediated modeling for integrating science and stakeholders : impacts of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on ecosystem services / Marjan van den Belt, Robert Costanza, Serge Demers, Susana Diaz, Gustavo A. Ferreyra, Sonia M. F. Gianesella, Evamaria W. Koch, Fernando R. Momo and Maria Vernet
    • 21. ENSO and risk management : natural and social sciences, policy implications, and stakeholder participation / Allan Lavell
    • 22. Diagnostics and prediction of climate variation and human health impacts / Ulisses Confalonieri
    • SCOPE series list
    • SCOPE Executive Committee 2005-2008.
    ISBN
    • 9781597261760 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 1597261769 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 9781597261777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 1597261777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2007014819
    OCLC
    122974365
    RCP
    C - S
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