Description
Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change is a guide to successfully integrating science into urban, regional, and coastal planning activities to build truly sustainable communities that can withstand climate change. It calls for a shift in academic researchers' traditional thinking by working across disciplines to solve complex societal and environmental problems, focusing on the real-world human impacts of climate change, and providing an overview of how science can be used to advocate for institutional change.Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change appeals to a wide variety of audiences, including university administrators looking to create and sustain interdisciplinary research groups, community and state officials, non-profit and community advocates, and community organizers seeking guidance for generating and growing meaningful, productive relationships with university researchers to support change in their communities.- Focuses on the process of building a successful, active partnership between climate change researchers and climate resilience professionals- Provides case studies of university-community partnerships in building climate resilience- Includes interviews and contributors from a wide variety of disciplines engaged in climate resilience partnerships
Table of Contents
Part I. Discovery1. Introduction: The Case for Citizen-Engaged Science2. Planning Theory/Traditions in Urban Planning3. Resilience is Rawlsian4. The Origin of the Institute for Sustainable Communities5. Discoveries & Research6. Breaking Down Interdisciplinary WallsPart II. Process for Creating Citizen-Engaged Science7. The Community in Work8. Empowering Learners9. Integrated Impact10. Ethics of Community-based Research11. Program Evaluation12. Conclusion - Lessons and Regrets
