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The use of atmospheric chemistry research in air quality decision |
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Scientific research is increasingly a factor in complex policy decisions in environmental management, including the protection of air and water quality, energy production, resource extraction, endangered species protection, and the like. While it might seem clear that scientific information could inform these types of decisions, whether or not it actually does is a result of a number of factors that affect how the science is produced and disseminated. We are interested in studying how the partnership between science and policy worked in an air quality case in Houston, Texas, and how the uptake of science occurred in this particular policy environment. We also propose to study how the partnership between decision makers and scientists is evolving within a new atmospheric chemistry field campaign to be conducted in California, to understand how interactions work and whether generalizable lessons can be drawn from the approach in these two cases. |
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