The impact of climate change on regional systems a comprehensive analysis of California
Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and energ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2006
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| Series: | New horizons in environmental economics
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and energy demand) as well as ecosystems and biodiversity. An integrated hydrologic-agriculture model is developed to explore how the region would adapt to changes in water flows. Interactions between climate impacts and population and economic growth, urbanization, and technological change are also explored. For example, the study examines how both climate change and projected land development affect the region's terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity 1. Introduction / Joel B. Smith and Robert Mendelsohn -- 2. Socio-economic changes / Joel B. Smith -- 3. Urbanization scenarios / John D. Landis and Michael Reilly -- 4. Climate change scenarios / Chuck Hakkarinen and Joel B. Smith -- 5. Terrestrial ecosystem changes / James M. Lenihan, Raymond Drapek and Ronald Neilson -- 6. Biodiversity changes and adaptation / Hector Galbraith, Joel B. Smith and Russell Jones -- 7. Timber impacts / Robert Mendelsohn -- 8. Changes in runoff / Norman L. Miller, Kathy E. Bashford and Eric Strem -- 9. Changes in crop yields and irrigation demand / Richard M. Adams, JunJie Wu and Laurie L. Houston -- 10. Water resources impacts / Jay R. Lund ... [et al.] -- 11. Agricultural impacts / Richard Howitt and Elizabeth Pienaar -- 12. Energy impacts / Robert Mendelsohn -- 13. Coastal impacts / James Neumann and Daniel Hudgens -- 14. Conclusion / Robert Mendelsohn and Joel B. Smith |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 272 p., [12] p. of plates ill. (some col.) |
| ISBN: | 9781845427474 1845427475 9781847203120 |