| Description |
xiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Global environmental accord : strategies for sustainability and institutional innovation |
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Global environmental accord |
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Global environmental accord : strategies for sustainability and institutional innovation
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Global environmental accords.
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| Contents |
1. Evaluating the influence of global environmental assessments / William C. Clark, Ronald B. Mitchell and David W. Cash -- 2. Science or salience : building an agenda for climate change / Wendy E. F. Torrance -- 3. Problem framing in assessment processes : the case of biosafety / Aarti Gupta -- 4. Whose experts? : the role of geographic representation in global environmental assessments / Frank Biermann -- 5. Assessment information in European politics : east and west / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 6. Structure and influence of international assessments : lessons from Eastern Europe / Liliana B. Andonova -- 7. From regional to global information : assessment of persistent organic pollutants / Noelle Eckley Selin -- 8. Climate change and sea-level rise in Maine and Hawai'i : the changing tides of an issue domain / Susanne C. Moser -- 9. Trust, respect, patience, and sea-surface temperatures : useful climate forecasting in Zimbabwe / Anthony G. Part -- 10. Mining water, drying wells : multilevel assessment and decision making for water management / David W. Cash -- 11. Information and influence / Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark and David W. Cash |
| Summary |
A comparative analysis of global environmental assessments shows the importance of policy salience, scientific credibility, and social and political legitimacy in determining the influence of scientific assessments on global environmental policy |
| Analysis |
CLIMATIC CHANGE |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT |
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
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WATER MANAGEMENT |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental impact analysis -- Case studies.
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
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Environmental protection -- International cooperation.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Mitchell, Ronald B. (Ronald Bruce)
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| LC no. |
2006041963 |
| ISBN |
0262134683 (alk. paper) |
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0262633361 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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