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Title

Adapting to climate change : an international perspective / Joel B. Smith [and others], editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Smith, Joel B.
• International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation Assessments (1995 : Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Description

xii, 475 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Climatic changes > Congresses

Note

• Based on the International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation Assessments, held May 22-25, 1995, in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• An Overview of Adaptation to Climate Change / M. Toman and R. Bierbaum -- Past Changes in Climate and Societal Adaptations / M. I. Budyko -- Assessing Climate Change Adaptations, The IPCC Guidelines / T. R. Carter -- Adapting to Climate Variations in Developing Regions: A Planning Framework / Antonio R. Magalhaes -- The Growth of Adaptation Capacity: Practice and Policy / Ian Burton -- Using a Decision Matrix to Assess Climate Change Options / Joel B. Smith -- The Potential Costs of Climate Change Adaptation / S. Fankhauser -- Malawi: How Climate Change Adaptation Options Fit within the UNFCCC National Communication and National Development Plans / Jean Theu, Geoffrey Chavula and Christine Elias -- Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Egypt / M. H. El-Shaer, H. M. Eid, C. Rosenzweig, A. Iglesias and D. Hillel -- Adaptive Measures for Zimbabwe's Agricultural Sector / C. H. Matarira, F. C. Mwamuka and J. M. Makadho --
• Model-Based Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Wheat Yields in Kazakhstan / S. V. Mizina, L. B. Eserkepova, O. V. Pilifosova, S. A. Dolgih and E. F. Gossen -- The Impact of Climate Change on Spring Wheat Yield in Mongolia and Its Adaptability / Sh. Bayasgalan, B. Bolortsetseg, D. Dagvadorj and L. Natsagdorj -- Some Adaptations of the Tea Plant to Dry Environments / M. A. Wijeratne -- Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Global Food Production: Options for Adaptive Strategies / M. I. Budyko and G. V. Menzhulin -- Water Resources Adaptation Strategy in an Uncertain Environment / Z. Kaczmarek and J. Napiorkowski -- Anthropogenic Climate Change and Reduction of Water Resources: Adaptation Issues Related to the Economy in Kazakhstan / V. V. Golubtsov, V. L. Lec and I. I. Skotselyas -- Adaptation of Hydropower Generation in Costa Rica and Panama to Climate Change / M. Campos, A. Sanchez and D. Espinosa --
• Managing Water Resources for Climate Change Adaptation / Eugene Z. Stakhiv -- Potential Effects of Sea-Level Rise in the Pearl River Delta Area: Preliminary Study Results and a Comprehensive Adaptation Strategy / H. Yang -- Sea-Level Rise Along the Lima Coastal Zone, Peru, as a Result of Global Warming: Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures / N. Teves, G. Laos, S. Carrasco, C. San Roman, L. Pizarro, G. Cardenas and A. Romero -- Response Strategies and Adaptive Measures to Potential Sea-Level Rise in The Gambia / Bubu P. Jallow -- Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: A Challenge for Small Island Nations / J. C. K. Huang -- Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in the Coastal Zone: A Perspective from the Netherlands and Bangladesh / Frank R. Rijsberman and Andre van Velzen -- Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Resources Sector of Bangladesh: Some Issues and Problems / A. Al-Farouq and S. Huq --
• A Study of Climate Change Impacts on the Forests of Venezuela / Luis Jose Mata -- Global Climate Change Adaptation: Examples from Russian Boreal Forests / R. K. Dixon, O. N. Krankina and K. I. Kobak -- Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments of Forest Vegetation in Bulgaria / O. Grozev, V. Alexandrov and I. Raev -- Biodiversity and Wildlife: Adaptation to Climate Change / Adam Markham and Jay Malcolm -- Forecasting by Analogy: Local Responses to Global Climate Change / M. H. Glantz -- Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Commercial Pelagic and Artisanal Coastal Fisheries in the Federated States of Micronesia / L. Heidi Primo -- Permafrost and Global Warming: Strategies of Adaptation / O. A. Anisimov and F. E. Nelson -- Health Adaptations to Climate Change: Need for Far-Sighted, Integrated Approaches / J. A. Patz.

ISBN

038794639X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

96004820

OCLC

• 34149822
• ocm34149822

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Columbia University Libraries