Economic risks of climate change : an American prospectus /

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From the opening commentary by Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University:This work points the way toward a new era in climate risk analysis. It not only provides a basis for rationale judgments by policy makers but at the same time opens a new avenue toward progressive improvement in our understandi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Houser, Trevor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Risk management > United States.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Gestion du risque > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Climatic changes > Risk management
Anthropogene Klimaänderung
Risikomanagement
Wirkungsanalyse
Klimaschutz
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1. AMERICA'S CLIMATE FUTURE
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 2. WHAT WE KNOW
  • 3. WHAT COMES NEXT
  • 4. U.S. CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
  • PART 2. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AMERICA'S CHANGING CLIMATE
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 5. AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
  • 6. AGRICULTURE
  • 7. LABOR
  • 8. HEALTH
  • 9. CRIME
  • 10. ENERGY
  • 11. COASTAL COMMUNITIES
  • PART 3. PRICING CLIMATE RISK
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 12. FROM IMPACTS TO ECONOMICS
  • 13. DIRECT COSTS AND BENEFITS
  • 14. MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS
  • 15. VALUING RISK AND INEQUALITY OF DAMAGES
  • PART 4. UNQUANTIFIED IMPACTS
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 16. WHAT WE MISS
  • 17. WATER
  • 18. FORESTS
  • 19. TOURISM
  • 20. NATIONAL SECURITY
  • PART 5. INSIGHTS FOR CLIMATE-RISK MANAGEMENT
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 21. MITIGATION
  • 22. ADAPTATION
  • TECHNICAL APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX A. PHYSICAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
  • APPENDIX B. CLIMATE IMPACTS
  • APPENDIX C. DETAILED SECTORAL MODELS
  • APPENDIX D. INTEGRATED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
  • APPENDIX E. VALUING RISK AND UNEQUAL IMPACTS
  • REFERENCES
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX.

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