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Can I read Policy and global change research: A modest proposal on EtoBox?
Policy and global change research: A modest proposal by Ronald D. Brunner is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Policy and global change research: A modest proposal about?
The history of the U.S. Global Change Research Program calls into question its sustainability. The Program was established on the presumption that a prerequisite for rational, comprehensive, and cost-effective policy responses is the reduction of scientific uncertainty through comprehensive predictive models. This presumption remains a significant barrier to the renewal of public support for the Program through near-term progress consistent with its mandate 'to produce information readily usable by policymakers'. This article critiques the use of comprehensive predictive models for policy purposes; proposes one modest alternative to comprehensive predictive models as a means of integrating scientific and non-scientific considerations into recommendations readily usable by policymakers; and places the issue in the broader context of a paradigm shift in U.S. science and technology policy. The purpose is to expedite progress, consistent with the policy mandate, that would help sustain public support for the Program.
Who reads Policy and global change research: A modest proposal?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Ronald D. Brunner
- Publisher
- Springer; Springer-Verlag; Reidel Pub. Co.; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0165-0009)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)