Integrating Science And Policy: Vulnerability And Resilience In Global Environmental Change (the Earthscan Science In Society Series)

Synopsis

Characterizing The Science/practice Gap / Roger E. Kasperson -- Knowledge To Practice In The Vulnerability, Adaptation And Resilience Literature: A Propositional Inventory / Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner -- Integrating Science And Practice For The Mitigation Of Natural Disasters: Barriers, Bridges, Propositions / Juergen Weichselgartner -- Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation And Resilience Science To Practice: Pathways, Players And Partnerships / Coleen Vogel [and Others] -- The Us Climate Change Science Program / Zachary Christman -- Linking Climate Change Science With Policy In California / Guido Franco [and Others] -- Russia's Climate Policy And The Kyoto Ratification Deal: Assessing The Science/practice Interface / Elena Nikitina And Vladimir Kotov -- Urban And Social Vulnerability To Climate Variability In Tijuana, Mexico / Roberto Sánchez-rodríguez -- Food Insecurity In South Africa / Scott Drimie And Gina Ziervogel --^ Science And Vulnerability Reduction In Taiwan After The 1999 Chi-chi Earthquake / Kuan-hui Elaine Lin, Huei-min Tsai And Chang-yi David Chang -- Participatory Evaluation Of Development Interventions In A Vulnerable African Environment / Ton Dietz -- Science And Indigenous Knowledge In Resource Management In The Canadian Arctic / Johanna Wandel [and Others] -- Reducing Vulnerability Of Rural Communities In The Philippines: Modelling Social Links Between Science And Policy / Lilibeth Acosta-michlik And Victoria Espaldon -- Addressing Vulnerability In The European Programme For Food Aid And Food Security: Knowledge Gaps, Obstacles And Opportunities Across The Science/practice Interface / Elia Machado -- Land In Transition: Coping With Market Forces In Managing Rangelands In Mongolia / Togtohyn Chuluun And Dennis Ojima -- Managing Floods And Scarcity In A Monsoon Climate / Louis Lebel, Po Garden And Phimphakan Lebel -- Issues That Need To Be Addressed: Assessing Experience / Uno Svedin --^ Directions For Closing The Science/practice Gap / Roger E. Kasperson. Edited By Roger E. Kasperson And Mimi Berberian. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.