Global Environmental Assessments: Information and Influence

by Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash, et al.

Book Overview

Knowledge about environmental problems has expanded rapidly in recent decades, as have the number and variety of processes for making large-scale scientific assessments of those problems and their possible solutions. Yet too often scientific information has not been transformed into effective and appropriate policies to protect the global environment. In this book, scholars use a comparative analytic framework and supporting case studies to evaluate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262633361
• ISBN13: 9780262633369
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher