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- Title: Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change
- Author : Shannon Van Zandt, Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Galen D. Newman & Michelle Annette Meyer
- Release Date : January 17, 2020
- Genre: Public Administration,Books,Politics & Current Events,Science & Nature,Earth Sciences,Professional & Technical,Agriculture,Engineering,Environmental Engineering,Atmosphere,Environment,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 11354 KB
Description
Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change is a guide to successfully integrating science into urban, regional, and coastal planning activities to build truly sustainable communities that can withstand climate change. It calls for a shift in academic researchers’ traditional thinking by working across disciplines to solve complex societal and environmental problems, focusing on the real-world human impacts of climate change, and providing an overview of how science can be used to advocate for institutional change.
Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change appeals to a wide variety of audiences, including university administrators looking to create and sustain interdisciplinary research groups, community and state officials, non-profit and community advocates, and community organizers seeking guidance for generating and growing meaningful, productive relationships with university researchers to support change in their communities.
Focuses on the process of building a successful, active partnership between climate change researchers and climate resilience professionalsProvides case studies of university-community partnerships in building climate resilienceIncludes interviews and contributors from a wide variety of disciplines engaged in climate resilience partnerships