Climate change in the 21st century /

Public and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years. Climate change, or "global warming," is a complex problem with far-reaching social and economic impacts. Climate Change in the 21st Century brings together all the major aspects of global war...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Stewart Jay
Otros Autores: Waddell, Melissa W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Climate Change
Global Warming
Climat > Changements.
Réchauffement de la Terre.
climate change.
global warming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
NATURE > General.
Climatic changes
Global warming
Klimaänderung
Ökosystem
Wirtschaft
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The many dimensions of climate change in the twenty-first century
  • The history of climate change research from the 1820s
  • The atmospheric science aspects of climate change
  • Impact and adaptation assessment frameworks
  • Ecosystem processes and climate change
  • The economic aspects of climate change
  • The social aspects of climate change impacts
  • Mitigation responses to climate change: overview of the process
  • Mitigation responses to climate change: trading and investment mechanisms
  • Integrated assessments of climate change
  • Context: climate change and other global environmental problems.

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