Prediction
Subtitle: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature
Contributors: Stanley A. Changnon (Contributor); Rob Ravenscroft (Contributor); Orrin H. Pilkey (Contributor); Shirley Mattingly (Contributor); Denis Walaker (Contributor); Jack Fellows (Contributor); J. Michael Pendleton (Contributor); Ronald Brunner (Contributor); Thomas R. Stewart (Contributor); Clark Chapman (Contributor); Don Gauteir (Contributor); Charles Herrick (Contributor); William Hooke (Contributor); Dale Jamieson (Contributor); Dan Metlay (Contributor); Daniel Sarewitz (Editor); Roger A. Pielke (Editor); Radford Byerly (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781559637756
Subjects: Science funding & policy; Science: General Issues; Science and state; General; Science And Public Policy; Science; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Science; Public Policy - General; Science / Environmental Science; Decision making; Forecasting
First sentence: Policy makers have called upon scientists to predict the occurrence, magnitude, and impacts of natural and human-induced environmental phenomena ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to global climate change and the behavior of hazardous waste.