Preparing for climate change /

Argues that we need to start adapting to climate change, now and that these efforts should focus primarily on identifying the places and people most at risk and taking anticipatory action - from developing drought-resistant crops to building sea walls. Roundly rejects the idea that reactive, unplann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mastrandrea, Michael D. (Autor), Schneider, Stephen Henry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
Colección:Boston review book.
Temas:
Climatology.
Climatic changes.
Climate Change
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Climatologie.
Changement climatique.
Adaptation au changement.
Climatic changes
Climatology
Klimaänderung
Anpassung
Maßnahme
Klimaänderung.
Risikoanalyse.
Klimatförändringar.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The scientific consensus
  • Impacts
  • Understanding risk
  • Preparing for climate change
  • A new way to access vulnerability.

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