Science, Information, and Policy Interface for Effective Coastal and Ocean Management

Herausgeber: MacDonald, Bertrum H; Wells, Peter G; de Santo, Elizabeth M; Soomai, Suzuette S

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Produktbeschreibung

A collaborative effort among world experts, this book examines the role of information-particularly scientific information-in the policy-making and decision-making processes in coastal and ocean management. It explores the different types of science-policy interfaces existing within and between different organizations, as well as the various roles that different types of non-governmental organizations play in producing and disseminating information. Useful to all major groups in the policy-making process, it increases understanding of catalysts and barriers to communicating research findings while pointing to directions for future research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781498731706
• ISBN-10: 1498731708
• Artikelnr.: 44496100

Autorenporträt

Bertrum H. MacDonald is professor of information management in the School of Information Management and dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He holds a PhD and MLS in information science. His research investigates the dissemination and use of scientific information in historical and contemporary contexts. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research which led to the launch of the Environmental Information: Use and Influence research program at Dalhousie University. Since the mid-2000s, he and his research colleagues, along with a multidisciplinary team of students, have pursued research about information activities at the science-policy interface in marine management in collaboration with provincial, national, and international governmental and intergovernmental organizations. He has held a Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, won the international Grey Net Award with his Dalhousie colleagues, and was awarded the Marie Tremaine Medal, the highest honour of the Bibliographical Society of Canada. In addition to administrative leadership at Dalhousie University, he is currently serving in executive positions with local, national, and international associations.Suzuette S. Soomai is a postdoctoral fellow with the Environmental Information: Use and Influence (EIUI) research program. Her research focuses on the role of scientific information in policy- and decision-making for marine fisheries management. She holds an interdisciplinary PhD and a master's degree in marine management from Dalhousie University. Prior to joining EIUI, she was a government fisheries scientist in Trinidad and Tobago, where she worked closely with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism and the Food and Agriculture Organization. She has published extensively in the technical report series of these organizations. She has also worked with the fishing industry in a range

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION. Introduction. Understanding the Science-Policy Interface in
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND
PRINCIPLES. Exploring the Role of Science in Coastal and Ocean Management:
A Review. Science Information and Global Ocean Governance. Risk Refined at
the Science-Policy Interface: The International Risk Governance Framework
Applied to Different Classes of Coastal Zone Risks. Governing the Marine
Environment through Information: Fisheries, Shipping and Tourism. Inducing
Better Stakeholder Searches for Environmental Information Relevant to
Coastal Conservation. When Scientific Uncertainty Is in the Eye of the
Beholder: Using Network Analysis to Understand the Building of Trust in
Science. Designing Usable Environmental Research. The Balancing Act of
Science in Public Policy. Measuring Awareness, Use, and Influence of
Information-Where Theory Meets Practice. CASE STUDIES. What Do Users Want
from a State of the Environment Report? A Case Study of Awareness and Use
of Canada's State of the Scotian Shelf Report. The Environmental Effects of
Ocean Shipping and the Science-Policy Interface. Just Evidence: Opening
Health Knowledge to a Parliament of Evidence. Information Matters-The
Influence of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee on
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in Atlantic Canada. A Career-Based
Perspective of Science-Policy Linkages in Environment Canada: The Role of
Information in Managing Human Activities in Our Ocean Spaces. Bridging the
Science-Policy Divide to Promote Fisheries Knowledge for All: The Case of
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Informing and
Improving Fisheries Management Outcomes: An Atlantic Canadian Large
Pelagics Case Study by the Ecology Action Centre. THE WAY FORWARD. Does
Information Matter in ICOM? Critical Issues and the Path Forward.