Overview
Human Dimensions
Human Dimensions is inherently interdisciplinary, encompassing both physical and social sciences. Human Dimensions draws upon the insights of social science and the humanities, the capabilities of law and the pragmatism of policymaking to understand and account for people in both managed and unmanaged ecosystems.
Overview
Human Dimensions
The Human Dimensions program in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln strives to build a strong scientific base for understanding and affecting human thought toward natural and managed environments, with the goal of improving stewardship of ecosystems and natural resources.
Information
Projects
Social scientists from other departments collaborate with SNR to teach and advise students as part of the human dimension graduate specialization.
Research Specialty
Water & Society
Water policy and economic incentives are the ultimate drivers of water use and its protection. Water research must include these and other human dimensions to provide realistic science and practical solutions to today's problems.
Contact
| SNR Teaching Coordinator/Human Dimensions Faculty Area Leader | |
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Mark Burbach |
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512 Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln NE 68583-0995 |
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| Phone: 402-472-8210 | |
| Fax: 402-472-2946 | |
| E-mail: mburbach1@unl.edu | |
Human Dimensions News
Jay Keasling from the University of California, Berkeley, will present “The Bold Future of Alternative Energy,&rduo; Tuesday, May 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. A reception begins at 2 p.m. This will be the final Heuermann Lecture for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The new Pinnacle Bank Arena should aim for diverting 75 percent of its waste stream from landfills by using recycling and in-house composting, Environmental Studies students recommended to the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency at its meeting in City Council chambers on Friday, April 20.