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South Asia's Hotspots : the Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards.
South Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Most previous studies have focused on the projected impacts of sea-level rise or extreme weather - droughts, floods, heatwaves and storm surges. This study adds to that knowledge by identifying the impacts of long-term changes in the climate -...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank Publications,
2018.
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| Colección: | South Asia Development Matters Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; The Book at a Glance; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; A Vulnerable Region; Climate Change and Living Standards; Climate Modeling and Effects; Hotspots; Toward Greater Resilience; References; Chapter 1 A Vulnerable Region; Progress So Far; A Road Map for Climate-Resilient Development; Note; References; Chapter 2 Increasingly Hot; Highly Diverse Climate; Unambiguous Historic Temperature Increases; Projecting Future Climate; Selecting Appropriate Climate Models; South Asia Continues to Get Hotter; References
- Chapter 3 Climate and Living StandardsAccumulated Knowledge; Analytical Framework; Data Sources; Two Methodological Challenges; Control Variable Selection; Absorbed Climate Effects; Temperature Inflection Points; National-Level Empirical Findings; Dealing with Uncertainty; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Mapping Hotspots; What Is a Hotspot?; The Carbon-Intensive Scenario Leads to More Severe Hotspots; Hotspots Tend to Have Less Infrastructure and Services; The Most Vulnerable Households; Country Hotspots; References; Chapter 5 Toward Greater Resilience; Money Worth Spending
- Reducing Hotspots in Vulnerable Communities and Vulnerable HouseholdsPolicy Agenda; Note; References; Appendix A Methodology for Policy Cobenefits; Appendix B Supplementary Tables; Appendix C Supplementary Map; Appendix D Climate Model Selection; Appendix E Calculating Gross Domestic Product Based on Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Hotspots Results; Boxes; Box 1.1 Why Do Changes in the Average Weather Matter?; Box 2.1 Understanding Historic and Projected Temperatures for Each Country; Box 3.1 How Climate Change Affects Consumption Expenditures
- Box 3.2 The Quadratic Relationship between Climate and EconomyBox 3.3 Why the Positive Results for Nepal Are Not an Anomaly; Box 4.1 Will Mountain and Coastal Areas Benefit from Climate Change?; Box 4.2 Heat Vulnerability Index for India; Box 4.3 Other Dimensions of Hotspots: Tracking Nonmonetary Effects of Climate Change; Figures; Figure O.1 Increases in Temperatures and Changes in Precipitation Patterns Are Linked to Living Standards through a Diverse Set of Pathways; Figure O.2 Temperature and Consumption Have an Inverted U-Shaped Relationship for Countries in South Asia
- Figure O.3 Annual Temperature Increases Are Projected to AccelerateFigure O.4 Monsoon Precipitation Varies Considerably and Projections Are Uncertain; Figure 1.1 Some Manifestations of Climate Change; Figure B1.1.1 Increased Average Temperature Causes Increased Likelihood of Extreme Heat Events; Figure 2.1 Unambiguous Temperature Trends in South Asia; Figure 2.2 An Illustration of Model Selection Criteria; Figure 2.3 Historic Trends in Annual Temperature Increases Are Projected to Increase; Figure 2.4 Monsoon Precipitation Varies Considerably Year to Year, and Projections Are Highly Uncertain