Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet

The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project

James O'Brien editor Brent Yarnal editor Colin Polsky editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:24th Sep '09

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Presents the methodology of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), which developed infrastructure for monitoring and understanding local dimensions of global change.

This book presents the philosophy behind the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), whose goal was to develop the infrastructure for monitoring and understanding local dimensions of global change. It highlights the unique focus of HERO in thinking and acting on complex, integrative, and interdisciplinary global change science at local scales.Scientists and policymakers have realised that localities are central to addressing the causes and consequences of global environmental change. The goal of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO) was to develop the infrastructure necessary to monitor and understand the local dimensions of global change. This book presents the philosophy behind HERO, the methods used to put that philosophy into action, its results, and the lessons learned from the project. HERO used three strategies: it developed research protocols and data standards for collecting data; it built a web-based networking environment to help investigators share data, analyses and ideas from remote locations; and investigators field-tested these concepts by applying them in diverse biophysical and socioeconomic settings - central Massachusetts, central Pennsylvania, southwestern Kansas, and the US-Mexico border region of Arizona. The book highlights the unique focus of HERO regarding thinking and acting on complex, integrative, and interdisciplinary global change science at local scales, and is valuable for global change scientists.

ISBN: 9780521895699

Dimensions: 253mm x 178mm x 20mm

Weight: 840g

348 pages