Interfaces between science and society

Interfaces between science and society

by Pereira, Ângela Guimarães Tognetti, Sylvia S. Vaz, Sofia Guedes

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  • Full title :Interfaces between science and society / edited by Ângela Guimarães Pereira, Sofia Guedes Vaz and Sylvia Tognetti.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Greenleaf
  • Place of Publication:Sheffield, UK
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:366 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781874719977, 1874719977
  • oclc:ocm76799072
  • LC Classification:Q175.5
  • Dewey Decimal:303.483

Table of Contents

1. When communication fails : a study of failures of global systems / Jerome Ravetz -- 2. Science for sustainable development : articulating knowledges / Gilberto Gallopin and Hebe Vessuri -- 3. Reflexively dealing with uncertainty and complexity in policy-related knowledge : what can it mean? / Matthieu Craye -- 4. Uncertainty, assumptions and value commitments in the knowledge base of complex environmental problems / Jeroen Van der Sluijs -- 5. Science for governance : the implications of the complexity revolution / Mario Giampietro, Tim Allen and Kozo Mayumi -- 6. Reflexivity and modesty in the application of complexity theory / Roger Strand and Silvia Canellas-Bolta -- 7. Precaution as an invigorating context for scientific input in policy processes / Cato C. ten Hallers-Tjabbes, David Gee and Sofia Guedes Vaz -- 8. Why knowledge assessment? / Silvio Funtowicz -- 9. Deliberating foresight knowledge for policy and foresight knowledge assessment / Rene von Schomberg, Angela Guimaraes Pereira and Silvio Funtowicz -- 10. Transparency, openness and participation in science policy processes / Maria Eduardo Goncalves -- 11. Interfaces between science and policy for environmental gove…

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