Regional climate change and variability impacts and responses
In its development of methodologies and their applications to individual regions, this book presents a rich set of insights and a set of guides for investment and policymaking. Each of the six studies focuses on a finer geographic scale than is customary in integrated assessment research. They intro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham [England]
Edward Elgar
c2006
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| Series: | New horizons in regional science
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In its development of methodologies and their applications to individual regions, this book presents a rich set of insights and a set of guides for investment and policymaking. Each of the six studies focuses on a finer geographic scale than is customary in integrated assessment research. They introduce innovations for impact analysis and contribute to the knowledge of localized experiences of climate change--how it affects a variety of sectors, how different stakeholders perceive its implications and adapt to it, and how decision support systems can promote dialogues between researchers, stakeholders and policymakers 1. Introduction / M. Ruth, K. Donaghy and P. Kirshen -- 2. Assessment of the impacts of climate change on the water allocation, water quality and salmon production in the San Joaquin River / Basin H. Hidalgo ... [et al.] -- 3. Modeling interactions among wildland fire, climate and society in the context of climatic variability and change in the US Southwest / B. Morehouse ... [et al.] -- 4. An integrated assessment of impacts of predicted climate change on the Mackinaw River Basin / K. Donaghy ... [et al.] -- 5. Ecological and economic impacts of climate change in agricultural systems : an integrated assessment approach / J. Antle, S. Capalbo and K. Paustian -- 6. Assessing potential public health implications of changing climate and land uses : the New York Climate and Health Project / P. Kinney ... [et al.] -- 7. Climate's long-term impacts on urban infrastructures and services : the case of metro Boston / P. Kirshen, M. Ruth and W. Anderson -- 8. Conclusion : assessing impacts and responses / P. Kirshen, K. Donaghy and M. Ruth |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 260 p ill. (some col.), maps |
| ISBN: | 9781781007501 1845425995 9781845425999 |