At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science an…
"The text provides a carefully researched, readable account of statistical applications that encourages current and future environmental scientists to be more comfortable with statistics and to perform basic statistical analyses with confidence" "Statistical Applications for En…
This book details basic strategies for assessing and managing risk, serving as a guide for community members who wish to become students of risk. This book can also help the scientist understand the impacts of toxic chemicals on people's lives, because it situates contamination …
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'r…
This contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'risk societies'. The issues o…
This study presents the relation between technology and nature. Initially, the "instrumentalization" of nature and the relation between science and technology is explored. The final section elaborates the role that the social sciences can play in these debates is assessed.
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'r…
