A5038125133- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Climate variability and models
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Educational Systems and Policies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Disaster Management and Resilience
University of Arizona
2016-2025
Impact Technology Development (United States)
2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks
2012
Abstract Coproduction of knowledge is believed to be an effective way produce usable climate science through a process collaboration between scientists and decision makers. While the general principles coproduction—establishing long-term relationships stakeholders, ensuring two-way communication both groups, keeping focus on production science—are well understood, mechanisms for achieving those goals have been discussed less. It proposed here that more deliberate approach building channels...
Abstract Resource managers and decision-makers are increasingly tasked with integrating climate change science into their decisions about resource management policy development. This often requires scientists, managers, to work collaboratively throughout the research processes, an approach knowledge development that is called “coproduction of knowledge.” The goal this paper synthesize social theory coproduction knowledge, metrics currently used evaluate usable or actionable in several...
Producing actionable science to inform decisions on sustainability is an important opportunity for serve society and fulfill expectations that come along with public financial support. In turn, how funding managed may help spur different ways of doing are better suited linking kscience action. This review identifies opportunities program management bolster the generation through approaches solicitation design, processes, implementation support, evaluation. To understand more about this...
Indigenous peoples in North America have a long history of understanding their societies as having an intimate relationship with physical environments. Their cultures, traditions, and identities are based on the ecosystems sacred places that shape world. respect for ancestors ‘Mother Earth’ speaks unique value knowledge systems different than dominant United States settler society. The each indigenous non-indigenous community but collide when water resources endangered. One challenges face...
Abstract There is an increasing demand for climate science that decision-makers can readily use to address issues created by variability and change. To be usable, the must relevant their context complex management challenges they face credible legitimate in eyes. The literature on usable provides guiding principles its development, which indicate scientists who want participate process need skills addition traditional disciplinary training facilitate communicating, interacting, developing...
Abstract The limited application of science to environmental management has been termed the “science‐management knowledge gap.” This gap is widely assumed be a consequence inefficient transfer from application. However, this metaphor misrepresents as “thing” that can readily exchanged in complex systems, rather than “process relating” involves negotiation and dialogue among stakeholders. We advocate for development more explicit alternative model creation founded on Nonaka's Theory...
Despite the rapid and accelerating rate of global environmental changes, too often research that has potential to inform more sustainable futures remains disconnected from context in which it could be used. Though transdisciplinary approaches (TDA) are known overcome this disconnect, institutional barriers frequently prevent their deployment. Here we use insights a qualitative comparative analysis five case studies develop process for helping researchers funders conceptualize implement...
Abstract A major barrier to achieving wide-spread progress on planning for impacts from climate change is the lack of trained scientists skilled at conducting societally-relevant research. Overcoming this requires us transform way we train so they are equipped work with a range different societal partners and institutions produce science needed address society’s other pressing environmental challenges. As researchers research organizations that directly decision-makers stakeholders...
To make decisions about drought declarations, status, and relief funds, decision makers need high-quality local-level impact data. In response to this in Arizona the DroughtWatch program was created, which includes an online impacts reporting system. Despite extensive intensive collaboration consultation with intended public participants, has had few consistent users failed live up its goal of providing or Based on evaluation program, authors found several weaknesses public-participation...
Abstract Drought monitoring and drought planning are complex endeavors. Measures of precipitation or streamflow provide little context for understanding how social environmental systems impacted by responding. Here the authors report on collaborative work with Hopi Tribe—a Native American community in U.S. Southwest—to develop a information system that is responsive to local needs. A strategy presented developing based an assessment experienced citizens resource managers, can incorporate...
Abstract Climate change presents huge challenges to the already-complex decisions faced by U.S. agricultural producers, as seasonal weather patterns increasingly deviate from historical tendencies. Under USDA funding, a transdisciplinary team of researchers, extension experts, educators, and stakeholders is developing climate decision support Dashboard for Agricultural Water use Nutrient management (DAWN) provide Corn Belt farmers with better predictive information. DAWN’s goal credible,...
The National Research Council (NRC) proposed six principles for effective decision support in its 2009 report Informing Decisions a Changing Climate. We structured collaborative project between the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region R9 (FEMA R9), Western Headquarters of Weather Service (WR-NWS), and Climate Assessment Southwest (CLIMAS) at University Arizona around application NRC principles. goal was to provide FEMA R9's Watch Office with climate information scaled their temporal...