1st Edition

Communicating Climate Change Making Environmental Messaging Accessible

Edited By Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Burton St. John III Copyright 2022
230 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited collection focuses on theoretical and applied research-based observations concerning how experts, advocates, and institutions make climate change information accessible to different audiences. Communicating Climate Change concentrates on three key elements of climate change communication – access, relevance, and understandability – to provide an overview of how these aspects... Read more

 

  1. Introduction: The Challenges of Communicating about Climate Change in the Modern Era
  2. Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf and Burton St. John III

    Part 1: Communicating with the Public

  3. Asking Questions for Adaptation: Using Public and Stakeholder Surveys as a Tool Within Coastal Climate Change Policy Processes
  4. Karen L. Akerlof, Kristin Timm, Syma A. Ebbin, Jill M. Gambill, Phyllis M. Grifman, Tancred Miller, and Susanne Moser

  5. Engaging Residents in Policy and Planning for Sea Level Rise: Application of the Action-Oriented Stakeholder Engagement for a Resilient Tomorrow (ASERT) Framework
  6. Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, J. Gail Nicula, Daniel P. Richards, Ogechukwu Agim, Michelle Covi, and Khairul A. Anuar

  7. Communicating Within Immersion and Presence: The Use of 360-Degree-Video to Make Climate Change Touchable
  8. Andreas Hebbel-Seeger, Christian Rudeloff, Riccardo Wagner, and Sebastian Pranz

    Part 2: Communicating for Stakeholder Engagement

  9. Communicating and Co-Producing Information with Stakeholders: Examples of Participatory Mapping Approaches Related to Sea Level Rise Risks and Impacts
  10. Pragati Rawat, Khairul A. Anuar, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Jon Derek Loftis, and Ren-Neasha Blake

  11. Social Media and Climate Change Dialogue: A Review of the Research and Guidance for Science Communicators
  12. Brooke Fisher Liu and Jiyoun Kim

  13. Key Elements of User Preferences for Flood Alerts and Implications for the Design and Development of Flood Alert or Warning Systems
  14. Donta Council, Tihara Richardson, and Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf

    Part 3: Organizational, Institutional, Risk and Disaster Communication

  15. The Standing Rock Water Protests Against Dakota Access Pipeline: Addressing Environmental Degradation Through Indigenous Political Ecology as the "Trickster Science"
  16. Danielle Quichocho and Burton St. John III

  17. Risk Communication in the Tourism Industry
  18. Lindsay E. Usher and Ashley Schroeder

  19. Risk Management and Biases in How Drivers Respond to Nuisance Flooding
  20. Saige Hill, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Burton St. John III, Pragati Rawat, and Carol Considine

  21. Rethinking Disaster Communication Ecology: Exploring Context in Isolated Communities in The Philippines
  22. Dennis John F. Sumaylo and Marianne D. Sison

    Part 4: Conclusion

  23. Toward Accessible Messaging and Effective Climate Change Communication

Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf and Burton St. John III

 

Biography

Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf is a professor of public service in the Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University (ODU), USA and Assistant Director of the ODU Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience.

Burton St. John III is a professor of public relations and associate chair of the Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design Department at the University of Colorado–Boulder, USA.