Understanding Rapid Climate Change.
The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a ""wicked"" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2012.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a ""wicked"" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic inequality. The book explores the politicization of the topic, the polarization of opinion, and the reasons why, for some, science has become just another ideology to be contested. How do humans assess risk? Why are they are so bad at focusing on the future? How can we solve the problem of climat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (105 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1280873280 9781280873287 9780203834244 0203834240 |