Climate Change - Socioeconomic Effects

Kheradmand, Houshang; Blanco, Juan A.

Climate Change - Socioeconomic Effects

Edited by Houshang Kheradmand and Juan A. Blanco

Abstract: This book shows some of the socio-economic impacts of climate change according to different estimates of the current or estimated global warming. A series of scientific and experimental research projects explore the impacts of climate change and browse the techniques to evaluate the related impacts. These 23 chapters provide a good overview of the different changes impacts that already have been detected in several regions of the world. They are part of an introduction to the researches being done around the globe in connection with this topic. However, climate change is not just an academic issue important only to scientists and environmentalists; it also has direct implications on various ecosystems and technologies.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-953-307-411-5
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Chapters in this book:

Carbon Bio-Economics and Forests: Getting the BESF Out of Climate Policy: Valny Giacomelli Sobrinho
Changing Climate Related Behaviors: A Review of Social-Scientific Interventions: Anne Marike Lokhorst and Cees Van Woerkum
Climate Change and Population Health: Possible Future Scenarios: Arthur Saniotis, Alana Hansen, Peng Bi and Arthur Saniotis
Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Water: Sub-Saharan Africa: Alexandra Lutz
Climate Change Impacts on Czech Agriculture: Miroslav Trnka, Petr Hlavinka, Martin Dubrovsky, Eva Svobodova, Daniela Semeradova, Lenka Bartosova, Jan Balek, Josef Eitzinger, Martin Mozny and Zdenek Zalud
Climate Change Impacts: An Assessment for Water Resources Planning and Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S: Venkataramana Sridhar and Xin Jin
Climate Change in Spain: Phenological Trends in Southern Areas: Herminia Garcia-Mozo, Antonio Mestre and Carmen Galan
Climate Variability and Population Health in China: Updated Knowledge, Challenges and Opportunities: Ying Zhang, Peng Bi and Baofa Jiang
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture: Adaptation and Vulnerability: Bruce McCarl, Sung Ju Cho, Jinxiu Ding and Chin-Hsien Yu
Evaluations and Perceptions of the Climate Change in the State of Veracruz (Mexico): An Overview: Adalberto Tejeda-Martinez, Abraham Torres-Alvarez, Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas, Saul Miranda-Alonso and Sonia Salazar-Lizan
Forecasting the Future of Renewables: Seppo Valkealahti
Global Warming and Livestock in Dry Areas: Expected Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation: Hichem Ben Salem, Mourad Rekik, Narjess Lassoued and Mohamed-Aziz Darghouth
Hitting the Headlines and Falling Down Again: Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change in Finland: Jari Lyytimaki
Human Ecology of Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation: Case Studies of Climate Change from High Latitudes and Altitudes: Karim-Aly Kassam, Michelle Baumflek, Morgan Ruelle and Nicole Wilson
Impacts of Climate Change on Animal Production and Quality of Animal Food Products: Laszlo Babinszky, Veronika Halas and Martin Verstegen
Intertemporal Evaluation Criteria for Climate Change Policy: Basic Ethical Issues: Wolfgang Buchholz and Michael Schymura
Is Free Trade Good or Bad for the Environment? New Empirical Evidence: Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Anca Monika Voicu and Nicolas Korves
Regional Climate Change and Impact Assessment for the Federal State Hesse, Germany, and Implications of the Global 2 °C Climate Target: Heike Huebener, Sonja Baumgart, Nadine Jansky, Frank Kreienkamp, Arne Spekat and Helmut Wolf
Sensitivity of Mexico's Farmers: A Sub National Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Alejandro Ismael Monterroso Rivas, Cecilia Conde Alvarez, Jesus David Gomez Diaz, Carlos Gay Garcia, Lourdes Villers Ruiz and Jose Lopez Garcia
The Climate Change, Water Crisis and Forest Ecosystem Services in Beijing, China: Biao Zhang
The Competitiveness of Selected New Members of the EU in the Environmental Products and Services Market: Zofia Wysokinska
Understanding and Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases - Progress and Future Challenges: Paul Edward Parham, Celine D Christiansen-Jucht, Diane Pople and Edwin Michael
Variability of the Course of Tomato Growth and Development in Poland as an Effect of Climate Change: Robert Kalbarczyk, Beata Raszka and Eliza Kalbarczyk

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