The Societal Framework (v. 1) (Human Choice and Climate Change) - Softcover

Malone Elizabeth; Rayner, S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574770446 ISBN 13: 9781574770445

Publisher: Battelle Press,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

This is the first part of a four-volume work providing an international view of climate change which is designed to complement the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Second Assessment report. It covers the origins of human needs and wants and the scale of human activity. The complete work is a benchmark document summarising current understanding of of the contributions of the social sciences to the interdisciplinary issues of global climate change. It brings together widely scattered information and highlights both current research strengths and key areas for further research. The books survey the state of the art of the social sciences with regard to global climate change research; recognise global climate change research as policy relevant; review what is currently known, uncertain, and unknown in the social science areas relevant to global change; assemble and summarise findings from the international research community; report these findings within behavioural and interpretive frameworks as appropriate; and assemble this information to enlighten the future formulation and conduct of policy-relevant scientific research. The other volumes in this four-part work cover resources and technology (Volume 2); tools for policy analysis (Volume 3); and, in Volume 4, ask, what have we learned? Volume 4 is presented as a readable summary for non-professionals. The first chapter of Volume 4 comprises the introductory section of each of the three more specialist volumes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Battelle Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574770446
• ISBN 13: 9781574770445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Rayner Steve, Malone Elizabeth L.