Publications by the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change

• Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Application Research Program (2007) recommends a definition of ‘decision support’ and a strategy by which this program can advance decision support be development of and research on networks linking producers and users of climate information.

• Putting People on the Map: Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data (2007) seeks ways to reconcile the conflicting needs of data quality, data access, and confidentiality for data that hold significant potential for advancing knowledge of human-environment interactions.

• New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures (2002) summarized available knowledge and examined the potential for these measures as supplements to regulatory and economic policy instruments.

• The Drama of the Commons (2002) summarized knowledge on major questions about the design and operation of institutions for managing common-pool resources and set research directions for the future.

• Making Climate Forecasts Matter (1999) developed a conceptual base and identified key scientific questions for analyzing the human consequences of seasonal-to-interannual climate variations (e.g., El Niño) and learning how make improved climate forecasting skill more useful.

• People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science (1998) identified and discussed opportunities for using remotely sensed data in research on human-environment interactions and in social science, presented examples, and developed a Web-based guide to information resources.

• Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions (1997) conceptualized the link between consumption and environment and identified and illustrated promising research possibilities on the causes of environmentally significant consumption.

• Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions (2005) reviews knowledge on interactions between demographic and environmental changes mediated by land use and recommends research directions.

• Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities (2005) identifies five areas of high priority research that can contribute to improved decisions affecting environmental quality.

• Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle: Summary of a Workshop (2002) reports on discussions of promising research issues linking social science and natural science analyses of the carbon cycle.

• Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade (1999) presents a state-of-the-field review and set of research imperatives.

• Research Needs and Modes of Support for the Human Dimensions of Global Change (1994) led NSF to support a collection of centers and research teams.

• Science Priorities for the Human Dimensions of Global Change (1994) advised the National Science Foundation on the creation of a policy science program to deal with global change issues.

• Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions (1992) defined human dimensions research as a coherent intellectual enterprise and recommended a plan for national research in the area.