Scientists and policymakers have realized 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...
Scientists and policymakers have realized that localities are central to addressing the causes and consequences of global environmental change. The go...
Presents the methodology of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), which developed infrastructure for monitoring and understanding local dimensions of global change.
Presents the methodology of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), which developed infrastructure for monitoring and understanding...
