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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455393903321

Titolo

Informing decisions in a changing climate [[electronic resource] /] / Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-23927-9

9786612239274

0-309-13738-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Research - Government policy - United States

Environmental policy - Decision making

Decision support systems

Climatic changes - Risk assessment

Environmental degradation - Risk assessment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-165).

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 The Need for Climate-Related Decision Support""; ""2 Effective Decision Support: Definitions, Principles, and Implementation""; ""3 Decision Support and Learning""; ""4 Information Needs for Decision Support""; ""5 A National Initiative for Decision Support""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Climate Change and the New York Metropolitan Region""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Participants""