Increasing Climate Variability and Change Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry /

One of the major challenges facing humankind is to provide an equitable standard of living for this and future generations: adequate food, water and energy, safe shelter and a healthy environment. Human-induced climate change, and increasing climate variability, as well as other global environmental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Salinger, James (Editor ), Sivakumar, Mannava VK (Editor ), Motha, Raymond P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Temas:
Atmospheric science.
Environment.
Environmental management.
Climatology.
Agriculture.
Forestry.
Atmospheric Science.
Environmental Sciences.
Environmental Management.
Climate Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability
  • Foreword
  • Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future - an Overview
  • Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics
  • Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics
  • Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Temperate Regions: Europe
  • Impacts of Present and Future Climate Change and Climate Variability on Agriculture in the Temperate Regions: North America
  • Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCC
  • Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture
  • The Development of Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting
  • Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change in Agricultural Planning and Operations
  • Using Traditional Methods and Indigenous Technologies for Coping with Climate Variability
  • Tomorrow's Forests: Adapting to a Changing Climate
  • Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Climate, Communications, and Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities
  • Role of Education and Training in Agricultural Meteorology to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Variability
  • Agrometeorological Research and Applications Needed to Prepare Agriculture and Forestry to 21st Century Climate Change
  • Reducing Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Variability and Change: Workshop Summary and Recommendations.

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