Global Environmental Change

Understanding the Human Dimensions

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1991
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04494-3 (ISBN)

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Offers a strategy for combining the efforts of natural and social scientists to understand how our actions influence global change and how global change influences us. This book explores how the attitudes and actions of individuals, governments, and organizations intertwine to leave their mark on the health of the planet.

Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human side—human causes of and responses to environmental change—has not yet received sustained attention. Global Environmental Change offers a strategy for combining the efforts of natural and social scientists to better understand how our actions influence global change and how global change influences us.

The volume is accessible to the nonscientist and provides a wide range of examples and case studies. It explores how the attitudes and actions of individuals, governments, and organizations intertwine to leave their mark on the health of the planet.

The book focuses on establishing a framework for this new field of study, identifying problems that must be overcome if we are to deepen our understanding of the human dimensions of global change, presenting conclusions and recommendations.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Summary
1 Prologue
2 Global Change and Social Science
3 Human Causes of Global Change
4 Human Consequences and Responses
5 Problems of Theory and Method
6 Data Needs
7 Human Resources And Organizational Structures
8 A National Research Program On The Human Dimensions Of Global Change
References
Index

Paul C. Stern, Oran R. Young, and Daniel Druckman, Editors; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Prologue; 4 2 Global Change and Social Science; 5 3 Human Causes of Global Change; 6 4 Human Consequences and Responses; 7 5 Problems of Theory and Method; 8 6 Data Needs; 9 7 Human Resources And Organizational Structures; 10 8 A National Research Program On The Human Dimensions Of Global Change; 11 References; 12 Index

Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-309-04494-4 / 0309044944
ISBN-13	978-0-309-04494-3 / 9780309044943
Zustand	Neuware