Workshop on Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change

Lahsen, Myanna. 205. Seductive simulations: uncertainty distribution around climate models, Social Studies of Science 35/6, 895– ...

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Paul C. Stern National Research Council Notes for NSF Workshop on Sociological Perspectives on Climate Change What do we know: W ...

(2) Improving fundamental understanding of risk-related judgment and decision-making under uncertainty (e.g., How do people and ...

(5) Understanding decision support needs for climate change responses and how to meet them (“Decision support” means getting use ...

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Kathleen Tierney University of Colorado Climate Change and Hazards: What We Know and Need to Know The connection between climate ...

Common responses to the possibility of catastrophic events include “it won’t happen,” and “it may happen, but it won’t affect me ...

of climate change on the natural and built environment. From a hazards perspective, the very broad use of the concept of adaptat ...

political and economic influence, and the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits that flow “naturally” from decisions ma ...

Beverly H. Wright Dillard University A Sociological Perspective on Global Climate Change: Equal Protection, a Challenge for the ...

Hurricane Katrina offers important examples for study. I will review two: (1) Levee Protection (2) Hazard Mitigation Funds. Both ...

Richard York University of Oregon The Sociology of Global Climate Change: What We Know and What We Need to Know What do we know: ...

The social structural forces that influence GCC and other environmental problems can be conceptualized as those that affect the ...

Sammy Zahran Colorado State University What do we need to know: What are the major sociological research questions? According to ...

work, we argue (somewhat flatfootedly) that selective incentives to participate in the CCP campaign spring from three sources of ...

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References Betsill, M. 2000. Localizing Global Climate Change: Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions in US Cities. Belfer Center ...