Knowledge-Action Systems for Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasting - Summary of a Workshop (Paperback)

The National Academies' Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted a workshop "Knowledge-Action Systems for Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasting" in 2004 to discover and distill general lessons about the design of effective systems for linking knowledge with action from the last decade's experience with the production and application of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts. Workshop participants described lessons they had learned based on their experiences developing, applying, and using decision support systems in the United States, Columbia, Brazil, and Australia. Some of the key lessons discussed, as characterized by David Cash and James Buizer, were that effective knowledge-action systems: define and frame the problem to be addressed via collaboration between knowledge users and knowledge producers; tend to be end-to-end systems that link user needs to basic scientific findings and observations; are often anchored in "boundary organizations" that act as intermediaries between nodes in the system - most notably between scientists and decision makers; feature flexible processes and institutions to be responsive to what is learned; use funding strategies tailored to the dual public/private character of such systems; and require people who can work across disciplines, issue areas, and the knowledge?action interface. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Case Material 3 Useful Framework for Understanding Forecasting Efforts 4 Components of Effective Systems References Appendix A: Acronyms Appendix B: Workshop Agenda Appendix C: Participants

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	National Research Council • Policy and Global Affairs • Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability • James Buizer • David W Cash
Dimensions:	279 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	44
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-09272-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-309-09272-8
Barcode:	9780309092722

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