Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Estimating the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Southern California Beaches
Author: The Impact of Climate Change on Regional Systems
Author: Joel B. SmithPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1847203124
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The book works well as a reference for how one can examine potential climate change impacts in a subnational area. A clear strength of the work lies in the unifying framework that the climate, population, and, to a somewhat lesser degree, urbanization scenarios provide. Collectively, these appear to bracket a wide range of possible drives that will shape climate change impacts. The overall analysis takes a refreshing approach in that it does not try to fit all these elements and the subsystem impact assessments into one grand integrated model, but rather develops the assessments from a common base while allowing each to follow its own logic and scale. . . it provides a welcome overview of how one can conduct a multisystem, multisector climate impact assessment that combines natural, engineering, and social sciences in a rigorous format. Kris Wernstedt, Journal of Regional Science Climate scientists have determined that recent global temperature increases are due in large part to increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Even if mitigation of these gases begins immediately, there is every reason to believe that climate change will continue to occur. Every region in the world ought to forecast, as the contributors do in this study of California (a region of broad variation and high population), how it will be affected by climate change and how it might best adapt. 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. The level of geographical detail, along with the broad applicability of the modeling, methodology, and conclusions, make this a unique and valuable reference for environmental economists, scientists, planners, and policymakers.
Climate Change in California
Author: Fredrich J. KahrlPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271815
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
While California is undeniably unique and diverse, the challenges it faces will be mirrored everywhere.
The Economic Consequences of Climate Change
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264235418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This report provides a new detailed quantitative assessment of the consequences of climate change on economic growth through to 2060 and beyond.
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on California Agriculture
Author: Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies
Author: Camilo M. BoteroPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319583042
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 957
Book Description
This book provides an overview of beach management tools, including carrying capacity, beach nourishment, environmental and tourism awards (like Blue Flag or others), bathing water quality, zoning, beach typologies, quality index, user's perception, interdisciplinary beach monitoring, coastal legislation, shore protection, social and economic indicators, ecosystem services, and coastal governance (applied in beach case studies). Beaches are one of the most intensely used coastal ecosystems and are responsible for more than half of all global tourism revenues, and as such the book introduces a wide range of state-of-the-art tools that can be used to deal with a variety of beach challenges. Each chapter features specific types of tools that can be applied to advantage in beach management practices. With examples of local and regional case studies from around the globe, this is a valuable resource for anyone involved in beach management.
Climate Change 2014 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Global and Sectoral Aspects
Author: Christopher B. FieldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107058074
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
Book Description
This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and policy makers in environmental science, meteorology, climatology, biology, ecology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental policy.
Estimating Economic Impacts in California
Author: George E. GoldmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Economic Impacts of the Proposed Coastal Plan
Author: Economics Research AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Advances in Climate Change and Global Warming Research and Application: 2012 Edition
Author: Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
ISBN: 1464990573
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 3055
Book Description
Advances in Climate Change and Global Warming Research and Application / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Climate Change and Global Warming. The editors have built Advances in Climate Change and Global Warming Research and Application / 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Climate Change and Global Warming in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Advances in Climate Change and Global Warming Research and Application / 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.