Case Study: Climate Change Adaptation and Public Participation in Yuma, AZ

Educational Resource
Author:Govani, Michelle Sullivan
Abstract:

This case explores ethical issues in public engagement activities about issues of climate change mitigation. In particular, it presents hypothetical citizens' forums in Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona, and, through discussion questions, identifies many of the issues for consideration these kinds of activities entail.

Keywords:
Climate Change, Communicating Science and Engineering, Controversies, Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity, Environmental Justice, Ethics and Society, Responsible Innovation, Sustainability
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2018
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/resources-engineering-and-science-ethics/case-study-climate-change-adaptation-and-public
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario|Hypothetical / Fictional Case

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/5msb-5j63