The impact of climate change on regional systems : a comprehensive analysis of California

Autor: Joel Smith, Robert O. Mendelsohn
Rok: c2006
ISBN: 9781845427474
OKCZID: 110682350

Citace (dle ČSN ISO 690):
SMITH, Joel, ed. a MENDELSOHN, Robert O., ed. The impact of climate change on regional systems: a comprehensive analysis of California. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, c2006. xix, 271 s. New horizons in environmental economics.

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Climate scientists have determined that recent global temperature increases are due in large part to increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Even if mitigation of these gases begins immediately, there is every reason to believe that climate change will continue to occur. Every region in the world ought to forecast, as the contributors do in this study of California (a region of broad variation and high population), how it will be affected by climate change and how it might best adapt. Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and energy demand) as well as ecosystems and biodiversity. An integrated hydrologic-agriculture model is developed to explore how the region would adapt to changes in water flows. Interactions between climate impacts and population and economic growth, urbanization, and technological change are also explored. For example, the study examines how both climate change and projected land development affect the region's terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity. The level of geographical detail, along with the broad applicability of the modeling, methodology, and conclusions, make this a unique and valuable reference for environmental economists, scientists, planners, and policymakers.

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