08247nam 2200721 a 450 991082606830332120200520144314.01-280-20374-997866102037410-309-58342-X0-585-15876-2(CKB)110986584751072(OCoLC)43477386(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055152(SSID)ssj0000163333(PQKBManifestationID)11924439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163333(PQKBWorkID)10107786(PQKB)11228496(MiAaPQ)EBC3376158(Au-PeEL)EBL3376158(CaPaEBR)ebr10055152(OCoLC)923261617(EXLCZ)9911098658475107219910911d1992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlobal environmental change understanding the human dimensions /Paul C. Stern, Oran R. Young, and Daniel Druckman, editors ; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Commission on the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council1st ed.Washington, DC National Academy Press19921 online resource (ix, 308 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-309-04494-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-292) and index.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- HUMAN CAUSES OF GLOBAL CHANGE -- HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CHANGE -- PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND METHOD -- DATA NEEDS -- HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM -- 1 Prologue -- THREE GLOBAL CHANGES -- GREENHOUSE GASES AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS AND THE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER -- AMAZONIAN DEFORESTATION AND THE LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- IMPLICATIONS -- ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- 2 Global Change and Social Science -- GLOBAL CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS -- TRENDS IN GLOBAL CHANGE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS -- ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND HUMAN SYSTEMS -- QUESTIONS FOR NATURAL SCIENCE, QUESTIONS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE -- CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOCIAL SCIENCE -- KNOWLEDGE BASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL SCIENCE -- SETTING PRIORITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Human Causes of Global Change -- IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR PROXIMATE CAUSES -- A TREE-STRUCTURED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM -- LIMITATIONS OF TREE-STRUCTURED ACCOUNTING -- EXPLAINING THE PROXIMATE CAUSES: THREE CASES -- THE AMERICAN REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY -- COAL COMBUSTION IN CHINA -- Causes of Present Coal Burning -- Determinants of Future Coal Burning -- FOREST CLEARING IN THE AMAZON BASIN -- Causes of Deforestation -- Alternative Futures for Amazonia -- EXPLAINING THE PROXIMATE CAUSES: SOCIAL DRIVING FORCES -- POPULATION GROWTH -- Research Needs -- ECONOMIC GROWTH -- Research Needs -- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- Research Needs -- POLITICAL-ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS -- Research Needs -- ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS -- Research Needs -- CONCLUSIONS -- THE PROXIMATE CAUSES -- SOCIAL DRIVING FORCES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH -- NOTES -- 4 Human Consequences and Responses -- UNDERSTANDING HUMAN CONSEQUENCES.SOME DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RESPONSE -- Responses to Experienced Versus Anticipated Change -- Deliberate Responses Versus Actions with Incidental Effects -- Coordinated Versus Uncoordinated Responses -- Interventions at Different Points in the Process -- THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF CONFLICT -- A Current Controversy: To Mitigate or Not to Mitigate? -- Implications of Conflict About Human Response -- HUMAN RESPONSE: THREE CASES -- INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF OZONE-DEPLETING GASES -- THE U.S. ENERGY CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1973-1985 -- Preexisting Trends -- Uncoordinated Responses to Recent Events -- Policy Responses and Implementation -- Implications for Future Climate Change -- THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF REGIONAL DROUGHT IN THE SAHEL -- Different Droughts, Different Responses -- Relationship of Policy to Indigenous Response Systems -- SEVEN HUMAN SYSTEMS -- INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION, JUDGMENT, AND ACTION -- Individual Judgment and Choice -- Aggregated Individual Responses -- Individuals as Social and Political Actors -- MARKETS -- SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS -- Indigenous Sociocultural Systems of Adaptation to Environment -- Social Bonds and Responses to Environmental Change -- ORGANIZED RESPONSES OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT -- Communities -- Social Movements -- Corporations and Trade and Industry Associations -- NATIONAL POLICY -- National Differences in Environmental Policy -- The Environmental Decision-Making Process -- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION -- GLOBAL SOCIAL CHANGE -- CONCLUSIONS -- THE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR HUMAN RESPONSES IS INHERENTLY VALUE LADEN -- HUMAN RESPONSES MUST BE ASSESSED AGAINST A CHANGING BASELINE -- HUMAN RESPONSE CAN INVOLVE INTERVENTION ANYWHERE IN THE CYCLE OFCAUSATION -- HUMAN RESPONSES AFFECT THE DRIVING FORCES OF GLOBAL CHANGE -- NOTES -- 5 Problems of Theory and Method -- INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION.WHY GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH NEEDS SOCIAL SCIENCE -- WHY RESEARCH ON THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGE NEEDS NATURALSCIENCE -- INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- PROBLEMS OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION -- IDENTIFYING KEY RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERDEPENDENCIES -- Research Needs -- UNDERSTANDING NONLINEARITIES -- Research Needs -- UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IRREVERSIBILITY -- Research Needs -- DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE ANALYSES FOR THE TIME SCALE OF DECADES TOCENTURIES -- Research Needs -- ANALYZING THE SPATIAL SCALES OF HUMAN ACTIVITY -- Research Needs -- DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF REFLEXIVITY -- Research Needs -- SELECTING APPROPRIATE METHODS -- METHODS FOR IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING -- METHODS FOR INFORMING CHOICE -- Social Impact Assessment Methodology -- Methods for Valuation -- The Appropriate Uses of Research -- CONCLUSIONS -- INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IS ESSENTIAL -- NEW THEORETICAL TOOLS ARE REQUIRED -- METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE STRATEGY -- POST HOC ANALYSES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR EVALUATING HUMAN RESPONSES -- 6 Data Needs -- THREE HYPOTHETICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS -- CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY -- Dependent variables -- Independent variables -- HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF DEPLETION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE -- ECONOMIC AND NONECONOMIC FORCES CAUSING LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- DATA AVAILABILITY -- WHAT IS AVAILABLE -- AN INFORMATION NETWORK -- COSTS OF DATA -- QUALITY AND INTERPRETABILITY OF DATA -- PROBLEMS OF RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY -- RESEARCH ON MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS -- DATA COLLECTION NEEDS -- ANALYTICAL DATA AND ACCOUNTING -- SAMPLING NATIONS -- INTENSIVE LOCAL DATA COLLECTION -- 7 Human Resources And Organizational Structures -- INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES -- NATIONAL CENTERS FOR RESEARCH -- TRAINING -- INSTITUTIONALIZING COOPERATIVE RESEARCH.ORGANIZATION BARRIERS TO RESEARCH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 8 A National Research Program On The Human Dimensions Of Global Change -- OVERARCHING ISSUES -- RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- DATA NEEDS -- HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATION -- FUNDING -- References -- Index.NatureEffect of human beings onHuman ecologyResearchGlobal environmental changeEnvironmental protectionResearchEnvironmental policyNatureEffect of human beings on.Human ecologyResearch.Global environmental change.Environmental protectionResearch.Environmental policy.363.7Stern Paul C.1944-1609213Young Oran R126788Druckman Daniel1939-142294National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826068303321Global environmental change3956106UNINA