30 Ebooks by Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program
This study recommends a definition of decision support that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance …
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€21.19
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Review of CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3
This study offered an independent peer review for a synthetic document being produced for the CCSP. It found the draft document to be in a fairly early stage of development and noted several issues n …
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€21.04
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies usually have broad di …
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€58.11
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment
With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision makers are focusing unp …
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€14.80
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies usually have broad di …
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€83.96
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
Everyonegovernment agencies, private organizations, and individualsis facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. St …
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€38.51
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
Everyonegovernment agencies, private organizations, and individualsis facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. St …
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€55.19
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Facilitating Climate Change Responses
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate c …
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€36.59
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment
The implications of climate change for the environment and society depend on the rate and magnitude of climate change, but also on changes in technology, economics, lifestyles, and policy that will a …
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€21.19
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Population, Land Use, and Environment
Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendationsfor future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populationsaffect the natural environment by mean …
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€69.90
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Decision Making for the Environment
With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually m …
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€63.02
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Tools for Environmental Protection
Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point s …
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€76.61
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle
The USGCRP’s Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle. The ba …
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€21.82
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Drama of the Commons
The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality …
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€46.32
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change: People and Pixels
Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth’s surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibiliti …
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€46.30
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change: Environmentally Significant Consumption
There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "consumption" is at the root of global environmental threats: wealthy individuals a …
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€62.47
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Review of CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3
This study offered an independent peer review for a synthetic document being produced for the CCSP. It found the draft document to be in a fairly early stage of development and noted several issues n …
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€30.63
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment
With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision makers are focusing unp …
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€21.75
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program
This study recommends a definition of decision support that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance …
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€30.81
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Putting People on the Map
Precise, accurate spatial information linked to social and behavioral data is revolutionizing social science by opening new questions for investigation and improving understanding of human behavior i …
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€55.27
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment
The implications of climate change for the environment and society depend on the rate and magnitude of climate change, but also on changes in technology, economics, lifestyles, and policy that will a …
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€30.81
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle
The USGCRP’s Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle. The ba …
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€14.66
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Tools for Environmental Protection
Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point s …
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€54.24
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Drama of the Commons
The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality …
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€34.57
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change: Environmentally Significant Consumption
There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "consumption" is at the root of global environmental threats: wealthy individuals a …
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€44.35
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Decision Making for the Environment
With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually m …
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English
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€44.41
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Population, Land Use, and Environment
Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendationsfor future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populationsaffect the natural environment by mean …
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€47.62
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change: Global Environmental Change
Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human sidehuman causes of and responses to environmental changehas not yet received …
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€81.30
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change: People and Pixels
Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth’s surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibiliti …
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€31.46
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Putting People on the Map
Precise, accurate spatial information linked to social and behavioral data is revolutionizing social science by opening new questions for investigation and improving understanding of human behavior i …
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€38.56
