We examine the general relationships between climate and society in the US Southwest providing a context for the ongoing Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) Project. We review 5 key contextual elements of the region—its demography, economy, land, water, and institutions and values—and indicate how these conditions predispose certain social groups, economic sectors, or geographic areas...

We report on a study in which we explored Norwegian hospital nurses’ assessments of their use of information systems and the interaction climate in their cooperation with colleagues in municipalities. Our hypotheses were that the hospital size and type of department influenced how hospital nurses assessed the interaction climate with nurses in the municipalities and how they used their informat...

We conducted surveys of fire and fuels managers at local, regional, and national levels to gain insights into decision processes and information flows in wildfire management. Survey results in the form of fire managers’ decision calendars show how climate information needs vary seasonally, over space, and through the organizational network, and help determine optimal points for introducing clim...

Crop production risk caused by climate variability cannot be managed in the absence of climate information. Despite the use of various communication strategies by rural communities in Tanzania, access and use of agricultural information is inadequate to cope with challenges in crop production. This study aims at assessing farmers information needs, examine communication strategies used and henc...