Gordon McBean
Professor
Research Interests
Recent and current projects include: Study of science-policy interactions generally and specifically in the context of Arctic climate; examination of weather storms, their impacts and their predictability; relationships between human health and weather; natural hazards research.
Publications (past 7 years)
Refereed Journals
McBean, G.A. and Rodgers, C. 2010 'Climate hazards and disasters: the needs for capacity building' Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews – Climate Change
Rajasekaram, V., McBean, G.A. and Simonovic, S. P. (accepted) 'A Systems Dynamic Modelling Approach to Assessing Elements of a Weather Forecasting System' Atmosphere-Ocean
Shapiro, M., McBean, G.A. et. al. 2009 'An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the 21st Century' Bull. American Meteorological Society, (accepted)
Lukovich, J.V. and McBean, G.A. 2009 'Addressing Human Security in the Arctic in the context of climate change through Science and Technology' Mitigation and Adaptation of Strategies for Global Change. Published
McBean, G.A. and Ajibade, I. 2009 'Climate change, related hazards and human settlements' Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability 1(2): 179-186
Davies, E.G.R., Akhtar, M.K., McBean, G.A. and Simonovic, S.P. 2009 'Integrated Assessment, Water Resources, and Science-Policy Communication' Proceedings of 2nd Climate Change Technology Conference CD-Rom paper 45, 13 pages, ISBN 0-919784-94-1
Budreau, D. and McBean, G. 2006 'Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Policy Direction in the Canadian North: Can we learn anything from the collapse of the east coast cod fishery?' Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12: 1305-1320
Henstra, D. and G.A. McBean, 2005: Canadian Disaster Management Policy: Moving Toward a Paradigm Shift? Canadian Public Policy, 31, 303-318
McBean, G.A., 2005: Risk mitigation strategies for tornadoes in the context of climate change and development. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2005) 10: 357–366
Books
Armstrong, J.A., Anthes, R.A., McBean, G.A. and other members of the NAS Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services 2003 Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services (The National Academies Press, Washington)
Chapters in Books
McBean, G.A. 2010 'Climate Change, Adaptation, and Mitigation' in Resource and Environmental Management in Canada, Fourth Edition ed B. Mitchell (Oxford University Press) 137-171
McBean, G.A. 2010 'Adapting to Climate Change: The Challenges and Opportunities in an Uncertain Policy Environment' in National Agricultural Biotechnology Council 21: 167-178
McBean, G.A. 2008 'Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The challenge of natural and human-induced environmental hazards' in IYPE Hazards Mega-Symposium Special Volume (Springer)
McBean, G.A. 2008 'Coping with Global Environmental Change – The need for an interdisciplinary, integrated approach' in Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security - Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks ed H. Brauch et al.
McBean, G.A. 2008 'Looking Forward from 2007' in Kyoto: Ten years and still counting ed V. Grovers (Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA) 1057-1064
Berry, P., McBean, G. and Seguin, J. 2008 'Vulnerabilities to Natural hazards and Extreme Weather' Canadian Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Assessment 2007 Health Canada 47-116
McBean, G.A. 2008 'Communicating to Policy Makers Climate Science with its Inherent Uncertainties' in Kyoto: Ten years and still counting ed V. Grovers (Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA) 621-643
Bruce, J.P., Haites, E., McBean, G.A., Cosby, A., Fenge, T. and Kovacs, P. 2008 'Canada in an International Context.” in From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 ed D.S. Lemmen, F.J.Warren, J. Lacroix and E. Bush (Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON) 387-424
McBean, G.A. 2007 'Global Change and Threats to Communities - Disaster Management' in The Americas Building the Adaptive Capacity to Global Change ed G. Fenech, D. McIver, H. Auld and T. Brydges (Environment Canada, Toronto) 219-236
McBean, G.A. 2007 'The intersection of policies on disaster mitigation, climate change and international development' in Reducing Risk Through Partnerships ed Haque and Etkin (Queen's McGill Press)
McBean, G.A. 2007 'Role of Prediction in Sustainable Development and Disaster Management' in Globalisation and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century ed H.G. Brauch, J. Grin, C. Mesjasz, P. Dunay, N. Chadha-Behera, B. Chourou, U. Oswald Spring, P.H. Liotta and P. Kameri-Mbote (Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Hong Kong-London-Milan-Paris-Tokyo: Springer-Verlag) Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace 3: 929-938
McBean, G.A., Alekseev, G., Chen, D., Forland, E., Fyfe, J., Groisman, P., Melling, H., Vose, R., Whitfield, P. 2005 'Arctic Climate Past and Present' in Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (Cambridge Univ. Press) 22-60
Supervised Graduate Students and Theses Titles
| PhD Students | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| I. Ajibade (co-supervised) |
Current | TBA |
| D. Bednar (co-supervised) |
Current | TBA |
| G. Oulahen (co-supervised) |
Current | The production of unequal vulnerability to climate hazards in Metro Vancouver, Canada |
| B. Vogel (co-supervised) |
Current | TBA |
Also from this web page:
- Office: SSC 2431
- Telephone: 519-661-2111 x84274 or 86036
- e-mail: gmcbean@uwo.ca
- Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Courses Taught
GEO 9334 - Environmental Policy
GEO 9332 - Environmental Hazards
