Climate Change - Research and Technology for Adaptation and Mitigation

Blanco, Juan A.; Kheradmand, Houshang

Climate Change - Research and Technology for Adaptation and Mitigation

Edited by Juan A. Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand

Abstract: This book provides an interdisciplinary view of how to prepare the ecological and socio-economic systems to the reality of climate change. Scientifically sound tools are needed to predict its effects on regional, rather than global, scales, as it is the level at which socio-economic plans are designed and natural ecosystem reacts. The first section of this book describes a series of methods and models to downscale the global predictions of climate change, estimate its effects on biophysical systems and monitor the changes as they occur. To reduce the magnitude of these changes, new ways of economic activity must be implemented. The second section of this book explores different options to reduce greenhouse emissions from activities such as forestry, industry and urban development. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that climate change can be minimized, but not avoided, and therefore the socio-economic systems around the world will have to adapt to the new conditions to reduce the adverse impacts to the minimum. The last section of this book explores some options for adaptation.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-953-307-621-8
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Adaptation of Boreal Field Crop Production to Climate Change: Fred Stoddard, Pirjo S. A. Makela and Tuula Puhakainen
Addressing Carbon Leakage by Border Adjustment Measures: Xin Zhou, Takashi Yano and Satoshi Kojima
Alternative Energy: Is a Solution to the Climate Problem?: Jesus Alberto Valero-Matas and Juan Romay-Coca
An Improved Dynamical Downscaling for the Western United States: Jiming Jin, Shih-Yu Wang and Robert Gillies
Atmospheric Aerosol Optical Properties and Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Tugjsuren Nas-Urt
Automatic Generation of Land Surface Emissivity Maps: Eduardo Caselles, Francisco J. Abad, Enric Valor and Vicente Caselles
Climate Change Detection and Modeling in Hydrology: Saeid Eslamian, Kristin Leigh Gilroy and Richard McCuen
Dynamical Downscaling of Projected 21st Century Climate for the Carpathian Basin: Judit Bartholy, Rita Pongracz, Ildiko Pieczka and Csaba Torma
Energy Technology Learning - Key to Transform into a Low - Carbon Society: Clas-Otto Wene
Fuelling Future Emissions - Examining Fossil Fuel Production Outlooks Used in Climate Models: Mikael Hook
Global and Local Effect of Increasing Land Surface Albedo as a Geo-Engineering Adaptation/Mitigation Option: A Study Case of Mediterranean Greenhouse Farming: Pablo Campra
Impacts of Climate Change on the Power Industry and How It is Adapting: James S McConnach, Ahmed F. Zobaa and David Lapp
Innovations in Agricultural Biotechnology in Response to Climate Change: Kathleen Hefferon
Linking Climate Change and Forest Ecophysiology to Project Future Trends in Tree Growth: A Review of Forest Models: Yueh-Hsin Lo, Juan A. Blanco, J.P. (Hamish) Peter Kimmins, Brad Seely and Clive Welham
Mainstreaming Climate Change for Extreme Weather Events & Management of Disasters: An Engineering Challenge: Monirul Mirza
Methods of Analysis for a Sustainable Production System: Manuel Otero-Mateo, Andres Pastor-Fernandez, Jose Maria Portela, Jose Luis Viguera and Milagros Huerta
Planning for Species Conservation in a Time of Climate Change: James Watson, Molly Cross, Erika Rowland, Liana N. Joseph, Madhu Rao and Anton Seimon
Protected Landscapes Amidst the Heat of Climate Change Policy: Paul Sinnadurai
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): Why a Robust and Transparent Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System is Mandatory: Daniel Plugge, Thomas Baldauf and Michael Koehl
Space Technology as the Tool in Climate Change Monitoring System: Rustam B. Rustamov, Maral Zeynalova, Saida Elman Salahova and Sabina Hasanova
The Climate Change and the Power Industry: Peter Kadar
The Infrastructure Imperative of Climate Change: Risk-Based Climate Adaptation of Infrastructure: David Conner
Use of Perennial Grass in Grazing Systems of Southern Australia to Adapt to a Changing Climate: Zhongnan Nie
What is Green Urbanism? Holistic Principles to Transform Cities for Sustainability: Steffen Lehmann and Clas-Otto Lehmann

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