Social Science Research and Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal

✍ Scribed by Robert S. Chen (auth.), Robert S. Chen, Elise Boulding, Stephen H. Schneider (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Leaves: 256
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Setting New Research Agendas: A Social Scientist’s View....Pages 3-8
CO 2 , Climate and Society: A Brief Overview....Pages 9-15
Introduction....Pages 17-18
Societal Response to CO 2 -Induced Climate Change: Opportunities for Research....Pages 19-60
Climate and Society in History: A Research Agenda....Pages 61-76
Bibliography....Pages 77-114
Research on Political Institutions and their Response to the Problem of Increasing CO 2 in the Atmosphere....Pages 115-145
International Legal and Institutional Implications of an Increase in Carbon Dioxide: A Proposed Research Strategy....Pages 147-175
Psychological Dimensions of Climatic Change....Pages 177-203
Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change....Pages 205-227
Interdisciplinary Research and Integration: The Case of CO 2 and Climate....Pages 229-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-255

✦ Subjects

Meteorology/Climatology

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