| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Series |
A Westview special study |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Overview; I. Introduction; 1. Climatic Change in Perspective; 2. Scope of the Problem and the Cascade of Uncertainty; 3. Actions Spurred by Environmental Change; II. Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change; 1. Introduction to Climate Research; 2. Influences of Human Activities on the Climate System; 3. Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change; 4. Climate Scenarios: Windows on the Future; Ill. Impacts of Climatic Change; 1. Nature and Methods of Impact Studies; 2. Energy Supply and Demand; 3. World Food Production |
|
4. Global Ecology5. Water Resources; 6. Fisheries; 7. Health, Comfort, and Disease; 8. Population Settlements; 9. Tourism and Recreation; IV. Policy Decisions and Measures Dealing with the Carbon Dioxide/Climate Problem; 1. Long Range Strategies; 2. Averting the Change; 3. Mitigating the Effects; 4. International Institutions and legal Mechanisms; 5. Ethical Considerations; Appendices; A. Past and Future Fossil Fuel Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions; B. Results of Experiments with Climate Models; C. Sources of Information for Climate Scenarios; Index |
| Summary |
As man's ability to disrupt the climate becomes increasingly apparent, evidence is mounting that human-activity-induced climate changes may well rival anything nature can produce |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Social aspects
|
|
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
|
|
Gaz carbonique -- Effets physiologiques
|
|
Climat.
|
|
Oxydes de carbone.
|
|
Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Social aspects
|
|
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780429704475 |
|
042970447X |
|
9780429724480 |
|
0429724489 |
|
