Weather and Society

Informationen zum Autor DR. EVE GRUNTFEST is a geographer who has devoted her career to breaking down the barriers that separate social science and atmospheric science. She is Professor Emerita from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where she taught for 27 years. She has published widely and is an expert in the areas of warning systems and flash flood mitigation. During her career, she served on five National Academy of Science committees. She directed Social Science Woven into Meteorology (SSWIM - www.sswim.org) and is co-founder of the Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) movement. She was a program officer in the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division at National Science Foundation and a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Science Advisory Board. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung There is a growing recognition from academia! government! the private sectors! and the non-governmental sectors that integrated thinking and problem-solving across disciplinary boundaries is required to effectively address societal impacts issues in meteorology and hydrology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments x Preface xii 1 The Need for Integrated Approaches to Weather and Society 1 1.1 Rationale for This Book 1 Research Spotlight Box: Forecasts are Improving Dramatically 3 1.2 The Audience for This Book 8 1.3 Defining Weather and Society: Integrated Approaches 10 1.4 What Social Sciences Have in Common with Each Other and with Atmospheric Science? 15 1.5 Social Science Methodologies 18 1.5.1 Surveys 18 1.5.2 Direct Observations 19 1.5.3 Participatory Action Research 19 1.5.4 Focus Groups 20 1.6 What Is Not Social Science? 21 1.7 Doing Social Science Versus Incorporating Societal Impacts 22 1.8 Questions for Review and Discussion 23 1.9 Using What You've Learned: Homework Assignment From the Chapter 24 References 25 2 History of the Movement to Integrate Social Science Into Atmospheric Science 29 2.1 Early Weather Forecasting for Impacts 29 2.2 Historians and Weather 30 2.3 Weather and Society Efforts Build on Natural Hazards Research and Practice 32 2.3.1 Efforts to Add Social Di...

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DR. EVE GRUNTFEST is a geographer who has devoted her career to breaking down the barriers that separate social science and atmospheric science. She is Professor Emerita from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where she taught for 27 years. She has published widely and is an expert in the areas of warning systems and flash flood mitigation. During her career, she served on five National Academy of Science committees. She directed Social Science Woven into Meteorology (SSWIM - www.sswim.org) and is co-founder of the Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) movement. She was a program officer in the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division at National Science Foundation and a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Science Advisory Board.

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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 WASIS 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.

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There is a growing recognition from academia, government, the private sectors, and the non-governmental sectors that integrated thinking and problem-solving across disciplinary boundaries is required to effectively address societal impacts issues in meteorology and hydrology.

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Acknowledgments x

Preface xii

1 The Need for Integrated Approaches to Weather and Society 1

1.1 Rationale for This Book 1

Research Spotlight Box: Forecasts are Improving Dramatically 3

1.2 The Audience for This Book 8

1.3 Defining Weather and Society: Integrated Approaches 10

1.4 What Social Sciences Have in Common with Each Other and with Atmospheric Science? 15

1.5 Social Science Methodologies 18

1.5.1 Surveys 18

1.5.2 Direct Observations 19

1.5.3 Participatory Action Research 19

1.5.4 Focus Groups 20

1.6 What Is Not Social Science? 21

1.7 Doing Social Science Versus Incorporating Societal Impacts 22

1.8 Questions for Review and Discussion 23

1.9 Using What You've Learned: Homework Assignment From the Chapter 24

References 25

2 History of the Movement to Integrate Social Science Into Atmospheric Science 29

2.1 Early Weather Forecasting for Impacts 29

2.2 Historians and Weather 30

2.3 Weather and Society Efforts Build on Natural Hazards Research and Practice 32

2.3.1 Efforts to Add Social Dimensions to Solving Weather Problems 35

2.3.2 Weather and Society * Integrated Studies-WAS*IS 36

2.3.3 Integrated Warning Team Meetings 39

2.3.4 American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium 39

2.3.5 Social Science Woven into Meteorology (SSWIM) 39

2.3.6 VORTEX Southeast 42

Research Spotlight Box: Doing Soci…