Communicating Global Change Science to Society - An Assessment and Case Studies

Informationen zum Autor Holm Tiessen is director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and professor on leave from the Georg-August Universitat of Gottingen! Germany. Gerhard Breulmann! a terrestrial ecologist! is science officer at the IAI in Sao Jose dos Campos! Brazil. Mike Brklacich is professor of geography and environmental studies at Carleton University in Ottawa! Canada! and chairs the IAI's scientific advisory committee. Romulo S. C. Menezes is assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Energy at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco! Recife! Brazil. Klappentext Examines the growing number of instances in which governments and scientists have engaged in research projects in which the goal is to inform policy decisions. This book assesses these experiences and suggests their implications for collaborations. It contains a discussion of interactions between science and policy. Zusammenfassung Examines the growing number of instances in which governments and scientists have engaged in research projects in which the goal is to inform policy decisions. This book assesses these experiences and suggests their implications for collaborations. It contains a discussion of interactions between science and policy.

Product details

• Authors: Holm (EDT)/ Brklacich Tiessen, Holm Brklacich Tiessen
• Assisted by: Gerhard Breulmann (Editor), Michael Brklacich (Editor), Mike Brklacich (Editor), Romulo S. C. Menezes (Editor), Romulo S.C. Menezes (Editor), Holm Tiessen (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2007
• EAN: 9781597261760
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-176-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Scope; Scientific committee on problems of the environmen; Scientific committee on problems of the environmen; Scope
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science