{"product_id":"climate-in-context-9781118474792","title":"Climate in Context","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociety is increasingly affected by climate impacts, from prolonged water shortages to damaging coastal floods and wildfires. Scientists studying climate variations are eager to have their knowledge used in adaptive decision making. To achieve this, science and society must engage productively around complex management and policy challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground on RISA xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: Understanding context and risk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Assessing needs and decision contexts: RISA approaches to engagement research 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaitlin F. Simpson, Lisa Dilling, Kirstin Dow, Kirsten J. Lackstrom, Maria Carmen Lemos and Rachel E. Riley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Understanding the user context: decision calendars as frameworks for linking climate to policy, planning, and decision-making 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrea J. Ray and Robert S. Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Climate science for decision-making in the New York metropolitan region 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRadley Horton, Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, Daniel Bader and Linda Sohl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Managing knowledge-to-action networks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Connecting climate information with practical uses: Extension and the NOAA RISA program 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Stevenson, Michael Crimmins, Jessica Whitehead, Julie Brugger and Clyde Fraisse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Participatory, dynamic models: a tool for dialogue 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Schmitt Olabisi, Stuart Blythe, Ralph Levine, Lorraine Cameron and Michael Beaulac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Not another webinar! Regional webinars as a platform for climate knowledge-to-action networking in Alaska 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah F. Trainor, Nathan P. Kettle and J. Brook Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Innovating services\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The making of national seasonal wildfire outlooks 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregg Garfin, Timothy J. Brown, Tom Wordell and Ed Delgado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Challenges, pitfalls, and lessons learned in developing a drought decision-support tool 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Carbone, Jinyoung Rhee, Kirstin Dow, Jay Fowler, Gregg Garfin, Holly Hartmann, Ellen Lay and Art DeGaetano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Managing the 2011 drought: a climate services partnership 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Shafer, David Brown and Chad McNutt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV: Advancing science policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Evaluation to advance science policy: lessons from Pacific RISA and CLIMAS 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel B. Ferguson, Melissa L. Finucane, Victoria W. Keener and Gigi Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Navigating scales of knowledge and decision-making in the Intermountain West: implications for science policy 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric S. Gordon, Lisa Dilling, Elizabeth McNie and Andrea J. Ray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Evolving the practice of Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam Parris, Sarah L. Close, Ryan Meyer, Kirstin Dow and Gregg Garfin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528830296407,"sku":"9781118474792","price":82.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118474792.jpg?v=1731873187","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/climate-in-context-9781118474792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}