Towards an Integrated Impact Assessment of Climate Change: the MINK Study
Norman J. . Ed(S): Rosenberg
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Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenberg, Norman J. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 303.
General circulation models state that the central United States (and other mid-latitude continental regions) will become warmer and drier as the result of greenhouse warming. On this premise the dustbowl period of the 1930s was selected as an analogue of climate change and its weather records imposed on the Missouri--Iowa--Kansas region to assess how current agriculture, forestry, water resources and energy and the entire regional economy would be affected. The same climate was also imposed on a MINK region forty years into the future, by which time climate change may actually be ... Read more
General circulation models state that the central United States (and other mid-latitude continental regions) will become warmer and drier as the result of greenhouse warming. On this premise the dustbowl period of the 1930s was selected as an analogue of climate change and its weather records imposed on the Missouri--Iowa--Kansas region to assess how current agriculture, forestry, water resources and energy and the entire regional economy would be affected. The same climate was also imposed on a MINK region forty years into the future, by which time climate change may actually be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Number of Pages
173
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401049290
SKU
V9789401049290
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