Understanding Rapid Climate Change.

The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a ""wicked"" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2012.
Temas:
Social ecology.
Global environmental change.
Environmental policy.
Climatic changes > Forecasting.
Écologie sociale.
Changement global (Environnement)
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Climat > Changements > Prévision.
human ecology.
environmental policy.
Climatic changes > Forecasting
Environmental policy
Global environmental change
Social ecology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a ""wicked"" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic inequality. The book explores the politicization of the topic, the polarization of opinion, and the reasons why, for some, science has become just another ideology to be contested. How do humans assess risk? Why are they are so bad at focusing on the future? How can we solve the problem of climat.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (105 pages)
ISBN:1280873280
9781280873287
9780203834244
0203834240

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