Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change : Research Pathways for the Next Decade.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Colección:Compass series Human dimensions of global environmental change
Temas:
Global environmental change > Social aspects.
Human ecology > Effect of human beings on.
Nature > Social aspects.
Climatic changes.
Changement global (Environnement) > Aspect social.
Écologie humaine > Effets de l'homme sur.
Nature > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
Climatic changes
Global environmental change > Social aspects
Nature > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human 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 EcosystemsChanges 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 AssessmentWhat 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 MakingImportance of a Broad-Based Infrastructure
  • Significance of Improved Observational Methods and Data Systems
  • RESEARCH 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 MigrationMethods 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

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