34 Електронні книги від Paul C. Stern
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: 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
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on Risk Characterization: Understanding Risk
Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live …
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€56.62
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: 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: 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
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on International Conflict Resolution: International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broa …
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€77.19
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging: Aging Mind
Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportun …
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€56.40
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Making Climate Forecasts Matter
El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate may be of tr …
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€51.27
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: 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
Center for Studies of Behavior and Development & Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging: Strategy for Assessing Science
A Strategy for Assessing Science offers strategic advice on the perennial issue of assessing rates of progress in different scientific fields. It considers available knowledge about how science makes …
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€49.93
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
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses: Climate and Social Stress
Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental eventsslowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to e …
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€3.83
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses: Climate and Social Stress
Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental eventsslowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to e …
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€56.59
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development
Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "fracking") is dramatically increasing pr …
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€3.86
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development
Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "fracking") is dramatically increasing pr …
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€41.16
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
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on International Conflict Resolution: International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broa …
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€47.37
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
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging: Aging Mind
Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportun …
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€36.53
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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€44.21
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 …
PDF
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€47.62
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on Risk Characterization: Understanding Risk
Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live …
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€44.41
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 & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Making Climate Forecasts Matter
El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate may be of tr …
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€36.67
Center for Studies of Behavior and Development & Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging: Strategy for Assessing Science
A Strategy for Assessing Science offers strategic advice on the perennial issue of assessing rates of progress in different scientific fields. It considers available knowledge about how science makes …
PDF
Англійська
DRM
€34.56
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
