Integrating science and policy : vulnerability and resilience in global environmental change / edited by Roger E. Kasperson and Mimi Berberian.

Other author Kasperson, Roger E.
Other author Berberian, Mimi.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.
Descriptionxx, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesScience in society series
Science in society series. ^A700048
Contents Characterizing the science/practice gap / Roger E. Kasperson -- Knowledge to practice in the vulnerability, adaptation and resilience literature: a propositional inventory / Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner -- Integrating science and practice for the mitigation of natural disasters: barriers, bridges, propositions / Juergen Weichselgartner -- Linking vulnerability, adaptation and resilience science to practice: pathways, players and partnerships / Coleen Vogel ... [et al.] -- The US climate change science program / Zachary Christman -- Linking climate change science with policy in California / Guido Franco ... [et al.] -- Russia's climate policy and the Kyoto ratification deal: assessing the science/practice interface / Elena Nikitina and Vladimir Kotov -- Urban and social vulnerability to climate variability in Tijuana, Mexico / Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez -- Food insecurity in South Africa / Scott Drimie and Gina Ziervogel -- Science and vulnerability reduction in Taiwan after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake / Kuan-Hui Elaine Lin, Huei-Min Tsai and Chang-Yi David Chang -- Participatory evaluation of development interventions in a vulnerable African environment / Ton Dietz -- Science and indigenous knowledge in resource management in the Canadian Arctic / Johanna Wandel ... [et al.] -- Reducing vulnerability of rural communities in the Philippines: modelling social links between science and policy / Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik and Victoria Espaldon -- Addressing vulnerability in the European programme for food aid and food security: knowledge gaps, obstacles and opportunities across the science/practice interface / Elia Machado -- Land in transition: coping with market forces in managing rangelands in Mongolia / Togtohyn Chuluun and Dennis Ojima -- Managing floods and scarcity in a monsoon climate / Louis Lebel, Po Garden and Phimphakan Lebel -- Issues that need to be addressed: assessing experience / Uno Svedin -- Directions for closing the science/practice gap / Roger E. Kasperson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010024665
ISBN9781844076055 (hardback)
ISBN1844076059 (hardback)
ISBN9781844076062 (pbk.)
ISBN1844076067 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GE149 .I525 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold