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People and Pixels
Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume …
Global Environmental Change
Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human side--human causes of and responses to environmental …
Putting People on the Map
Precise, accurate spatial information linked to social and behavioral data is revolutionizing social science by opening new questions for investigation and improving understanding …
New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment
With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision …
Drama of the Commons
The "e;tragedy of the commons"e; is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only …
Decision Making for the Environment
With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help …
New Tools for Environmental Protection
Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from …
Environmentally Significant Consumption
There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "e;consumption"e; is at the root of global environmental threats: …
Environmentally Significant Consumption
There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "e;consumption"e; is at the root of global environmental threats: …
Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies …
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
This publication is extracted from a much larger report, Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade, which addresses the full range of the scientific issues …
New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment
With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision …