Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change : Research Pathways for the Next Decade

This publication is extracted from a much larger report, Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade, which addresses the full range of the scientific issues concerning global environmental change and offers guidance to the scientific effort on these issues in the United States. This volume consists of Chapter 7 of that report, "Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change," which was written for the report by the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change of the National Research Council (NRC). It provides findings and conclusions on the key scientific questions in human dimensions research, the lessons that have been learned over the past decade, and the research imperatives for global change research funded from the United States. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummaryIntroductionCase Studies: Contributions of Human Dimensions Research in Addressing Global ChangeKey Scientific QuestionsLessons LearnedResearch ImperativesConclusion: Key Research Issues for the USGCRPNotesReferences and Bibliography