LEADER 04813nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910826177703321 005 20240416233453.0 010 $a0-309-18444-4 010 $a1-280-18581-3 010 $a9786610185818 010 $a0-309-59358-1 010 $a0-585-08495-5 035 $a(CKB)110986584752806 035 $a(OCoLC)44964781 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000174821 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174821 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188394 035 $a(PQKB)11419432 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055244 035 $a(OCoLC)923262169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376228 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584752806 100 $a19990830d1999 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHuman dimensions of global environmental change $eresearch pathways for the next decade /$fCommittee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (99 p.) 225 1 $aCompass series 300 $a"This study was supported by Contract Nos. 50-DKNA-5-00015 and 50-DKNA-7-90052 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-309-06592-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 69-83). 327 $aHuman Dimensions of Global Environmental Change -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES: CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMAN DIMENSIONS RESEARCH IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHANGE -- Human Dimensions Research and the IPCC -- Consequences of Climate Change and Variability at the Regional Level -- KEY SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS -- What Are the Major Causes of Changes in the Global Environment -- Human Activity and Land Use Change -- Human Impacts on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems -- Changes in Energy and Materials Use -- WHAT ARE THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE? -- Consequences of Future Climate Changes -- Impacts of Past and Present Climate Variability -- Ozone Depletion -- Environmental Change and Security -- WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL HUMAN RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE? -- International Environmental Policy -- National and Local Institutions -- Market Mechanisms -- Valuation of Responses to Global Change -- Understanding Risk, Uncertainty, and Complex Choices -- Integrated Assessment -- What Are the Underlying Social Processes, or Driving Forces, Behind the Human Relationship to the Global Environment? -- Public Attitudes and Values -- Individual and Household Behavior -- Economic Transformations -- Human Population Dynamics -- Technological Change -- LESSONS LEARNED -- Relative Importance of Socioeconomic Uncertainty -- Complex Determination of Environmentally Significant Consumption -- Importance of Vulnerability Analysis in Impact Assessment -- Importance of Institutional Design to Environmental Resource Management -- Importance of Both Analysis and Deliberative Procedure in Environmental Decision Making -- Importance of a Broad-Based Infrastructure -- Significance of Improved Observational Methods and Data Systems. 327 $aRESEARCH IMPERATIVES -- Social Determinants of Environmentally Significant Consumption -- Sources and Processes of Technological Change -- Regionally Relevant Climate Change Assessments and Seasonal to Interannual Climate Predictions -- Social and Environmental Surprises -- Effective Institutions for Managing Global Environmental Change -- Changes in Land Use/Land Cover and Patterns of Migration -- Methods for Improving Decision Making About Global Change -- Improve Integration of Human Dimensions Research with USGCRP Science Themes and with Other International Research -- Improve Geographic Links to Existing Social and Health Data -- CONCLUSION: KEY RESEARCH ISSUES FOR THE USGCRP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. 410 0$aCompass series (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on. 676 $a304.2/8 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826177703321 996 $aHuman dimensions of global environmental change$94016870 997 $aUNINA