The complex and dynamic nature of environmental problems requires flexible and
transparent decision-making that embraces a diversity of knowledges and values. For this …

Despite the rapid evolution and growing complexity in models of science-society interaction,
the rate and breadth of use of scientific knowledge in environmental decision making …

In the past several decades, decision makers in the United States have increasingly called
upon publicly funded science to provide “usable” information for policy making, whether in …

Water has become an urgent theme in anthropology as the worldwide need to provide
adequate supplies of clean water to all people becomes more challenging. Anthropologists …

A methodological framework is proposed for participatory scenario development on the
basis of evidence from the literature, and is tested and refined through the development of …

Global environmental change is more extreme than at any other time in recorded history. Its
local realities increasingly uproot large numbers of people. Global climate change is …

This article examines the relationship between projections of climate change and the
responses to those projections. First, it discusses uncertainty and its role in sha** not only …

In recent years, applying climate information services (CIS) have attracted the attention of
policymakers as one of the risk management approaches, and they consider it a key …

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) and adaptive management (AM) are two
institutional and management paradigms designed to address shortcomings within water …

This paper combines hydrological observations and modelling results of a semi arid
catchment in Brazil that could lead to a better understanding of the hydrology of similar …