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21%OFFTrevor Houser - Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus - 9780231174565 - V9780231174565
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Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus

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Description for Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 120 figures. BIC Classification: KCN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 288 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1642.
Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate models, state-of-the-art econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private-sector risk-assessment tools, Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus crafts a game-changing profile of the economic risks of climate change in the United States. This prospectus is based on a critically acclaimed independent assessment of the economic risks posed by climate change commissioned by the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1647g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231174565
SKU
V9780231174565
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About Trevor Houser
Trevor Houser is a partner at Rhodium Group, a firm that combines policy experience, quantitative economic tools, and on-the-ground research to analyze disruptive global trends. He leads the firm's energy and natural resources work. Solomon Hsiang is the Chancellor's Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau ... Read more

Reviews for Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus
Points the way toward a new era in climate-risk analysis... [T]he authors not only provide a basis for rational judgments by policy makers but also open a new avenue toward progressive improvement in our understanding of risk.
From the opening commentary by Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University Solid scholarship shows that we can improve the economy through wise use of ... Read more

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