Robert G. Fleagle

Global Environmental Change

Interactions of Science, Policy, and Politics in the United States

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Global Environmental Change reviews the facts and the uncertainties relating to some of the major environmental issues facing us today--greenhouse warming, loss of stratospheric ozone, and acid precipitation--and shows how these facts and uncertainties are dealt with by both governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Anticipated environmental changes in future decades are described and explained, and the consequences of those projected changes are described for rise of sea level, water resources, agriculture, ecological systems, and other topics. Three chapters of the study are devoted to the roles of academic institutions, government agencies, and nongovernmental agencies in developing and implementing policies. Another chapter discusses the relationship of U.S. research and environmental policy to international research and environmental policy, emphasizing how new concepts relating to global change have emerged from earlier research and out of the growing recognition of the seriousness of environmental problems. Finally, the work addresses the need for more effective interactions of science and policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780275944773
• ISBN-10: 0275944778
• Artikelnr.: 22385274

Autorenporträt

ROBERT G. FLEAGLE is Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington and a Senior Fellow in the Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean. He has served as a member of the staff and as a consultant to the Office of Science and Technology of the Executive Office of the President and as a consultant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Professor Fleagle is past President of the American Meteorological Society. He is the author, with J.A. Businger, of An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics (1980) and the editor of two books on weather modification policy.

Inhaltsangabe

The Changed View of Science The Evidence for Global Change Projections of
the Future Policy Implications for the U.S. The Policy Landscape: The
Academic and Professional Sector The Policy Landscape: The Government
Sector The Policy Landscape: The Grass Roots The International Perspective
The Search for Effective Science-Policy Interactions A Summary Look at the
Record Preparing for Future Global Change Notes and References Bibliography
Index