Is Global Warming a Challenge to Human Factors/Ergonomics?

• Raymond S. Nickerson ^[1]
  1. [1] Tufts University

     Tufts University

     City of Medford, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Ergonomics in Design: The Quaterly of Human Factors Applications, ISSN 1064-8046, Vol. 22, Nº. 4, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Combating Climate Change: The Role of Human Factors/Ergonomics, Part 2), págs. 4-7
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Global warming has not been a major focus of human factors/ergonomics (HF/E), but interest in the problem and in the question of what HF/E professionals might have to contribute to its solution or to the mitigation of undesirable effects appears to be growing. Here I note three ways in which HF/E science is well positioned to contribute: promotion of a systems-approach perspective, development of effective tools for dealing with the problem, and performance of focused behavioral research.