Weather and Society - Toward Integrated Approaches by Eve Gruntfest is a comprehensive guide to understanding the relationship between weather and society, integrating social science techniques, concepts, and methodologies into weather research and practice to address societal issues. The book draws on the works of the Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WASIS) workshops, which have helped to develop an interdisciplinary approach.
This resource provides a framework for understanding how to consider societal impacts in weather research, highlighting the importance of integrating social science into meteorological studies. It includes tools, concepts, case studies, and helpful exercises to help readers conduct interdisciplinary work and address typical challenges.
The book identifies the leaders of the integration movement in meteorology and social science, and highlights their contributions. It also includes discussion of tools such as Geographic Information Systems and concepts like survey design, focus groups, and participatory research.
Weather and Society - Toward Integrated Approaches is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex relationship between weather and society and integrating social science into weather research. With its comprehensive coverage of the subject, this book is a must-read for researchers, students, and anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of weather and its impact on society.
Электронная Книга «Weather and Society - Eve Gruntfest» написана автором Eve Gruntfest в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781118525937
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Weather and Society: Toward Integrated Approaches provides the first interdisciplinary approach to the subject of weather and society. This guide to the evolving set of problem-solving approaches to weather’s societal issues successfully integrates social science’s techniques, concepts and methodologies into meteorological research and practice. Drawing especially on the work of the WAS*IS workshops (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies), this important reference offers a framework for starting to understand how the consideration of societal impacts can enhance the scientific disciplines that address the scope and impacts of weather, particularly meteorology. Filled with tools, concepts, case studies and helpful exercises, this resource: Lays the groundwork for conducting interdisciplinary work by learning new strategies and addressing typical challenges Identifies leaders of the movement to integrate social science and meteorology and highlights their contributions Includes discussion of such tools as Geographic Information Systems, survey design, focus groups, participatory research and interviewing techniques and concepts Reveals effective integrated research and applications though real-world examples in a global context Helps to identify ways to pursue research, application, and educational opportunities for integrated weather-society work Weather and Society is a hands-on guide for academics, students and professionals that offers a new approach to the successful integration of social science concepts and methodologies into the fabric of meteorological research and practice.
