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UNINA9910826835903321 |
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Titolo |
Communicating global change science to society : an assessment and case studies / / edited by Holm Tiessen ... [et al.] |
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Washington, : Island Press, c2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Research - Latin America |
Communication in science - Latin America |
Research - Government policy - Latin America |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Scope Series List""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Ch. 1: Why This Book: An Introduction and Synthesis""; ""Part I: Crosscutting Issues""; ""Ch. 2: Steering Research toward Policy Relevance""; ""Ch. 3: Stakeholders and Global Environmental Change Science""; ""Ch. 4: Delivering Global Environmental Change Science to the Policy Process""; ""Ch. 5: Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers, and the Public""; ""Part II: Background Chapters"" |
""Ch. 6: Communicating Science in Democratic Media Societies""""Ch. 7: Institutions as Initiators and Users of Science""; ""Ch. 8: Vulnerabilities of Societies under Global Environmental Change (GEC)""; ""Ch. 9: What Social and Natural Sciences Could Learn from Each Other: The Challenge of Interdisciplinarity""; ""Ch. 10: Legal Frameworks and Biodiversity: The Impact of Ownership and Control of Biodiversity on Science""; ""Part III: Examples of the Science-Policy Interface""; ""Ch. 11: Integrating Environmental and Social Agendas: The Experience of the Amazonian Networks LBA and GEOMA"" |
""Ch. 12: Assessment of Present, Past, and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments""""Ch. 13: Climate Variability and Its Impacts in Mexica, Central America, and the Caribbean""; ""Ch. |
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14: Stakeholders and Decision Makers in a Study of Global Changes in the South Atlantic""; ""Ch. 15: Climate Variability and Climate Changes in the Southern Cone""; ""Ch. 16: Land Use Change in Semiarid Americas: biogeochemistry, Societal Impact, and Policies""; ""Ch. 17: Cattle Ranching, Land Use, and Deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru"" |
""Ch. 18: Global Change Effects on the Vegetation of Tropical High Mountains and Savannas""""Ch. 19: Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Amazonian Rivers""; ""Ch. 20: Mediated Modeling for Integrating Science and Stakeholders: Impacts of Enhanced Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Ecosystem Services""; ""Ch. 21: ENSO and Risk Management: Natural and Social Sciences, Policy Implications, and Stakeholder Participation""; ""Ch. 22: Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variation and Human Health Impacts""; ""About the Editors""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
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