Data Science and Human-Environment Systems

Steven Manson is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, and a Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. He combines environmental, social, and information science to understand complex human-environment systems. He has won awards from organizations including the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and the Ecological Society of America.

• 1. Data Science and Human-Environment Systems; 2. Data Gaps and Potential; 3. Big Methods, Big Messes, Big Solutions; 4. Theory and the Perils of Black Box Science; 5. Policy Dilemmas; 6. Ways Forward for the Data Science of Human-Environment Systems; References; Index.

'Decidedly not yet another 'data science and [fill in the blank] manifesto! This wide-ranging overview is optimistic about the potential, yet realistic about the challenges of the rapidly evolving data landscape facing scholars concerned with human-environment systems.' David O'Sullivan, Victoria University of Wellington