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Meteorology. Climatology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- milieubeheer --- klimaatverandering

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This book examines the aspects of prevention, mitigation, and management of environmental hazards and disasters from an international perspective. In light of the recent debate on climate change and the possible effects of such a change upon increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme environmental events, this publication overviews various policy and response discourse. Several case studies, from various countries and world regions, depicting recent experience in mitigation policy and program development and implementation and establishing interlinks between vulnerability and mitigation are presented to provide further insights. This book is primarily intended for academics, policy makers, professionals, and practitioners in hazards reduction activities who look for a better understanding of the complex and dynamic aspects of nature and society. This topic is a well established issue among most sectors of our society since the costs, both human and socioeconomic, of extreme environmental events have been rising astronomically, and significant vulnerabilities exist throughout the world. Without effective prevention and mitigation, these costs are likely to continue to increase, enhancing the uncertainty of societal progress. The knowledge and information embodied in this volume will be of immense benefit to anyone working in this field. Reprinted from: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2005

Environmental law --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- milieubeleid --- milieurecht --- geologie --- milieubeheer --- klimaatverandering

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In this volume, an improved Integrated Assessment methodology is used to analyse climate change impacts on agriculture, water resources, unmanaged ecosystems, irrigation, and land use in the United States and the economic implications of these impacts. This book contains a series of papers documenting the methods, models, analysis and results of this integrated assessment for a wide ranging set of scenarios describing future climate change. Innovations described include the integration of water resource and agricultural modeling and the refinement of an agriculture and land-use economics model to incorporate results from process-level ecosystem models of agriculture, water and natural ecosystem resources. Scenarios selected for this study address a range of uncertainties associated with choice of climate model, presence or absence of a ˜CO2-fertilization effect', impacts on international trade in agricultural commodities and their consequences for producers and consumers. This book will be useful to natural and social scientists who use integrated assessment methods. The analyses and conclusions will be of particular interest to policy makers needing to know what the specific impacts of climatic change could be and to those charged with developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation to climate change and climate variability. Reprinted from Climatic Change Vol. 69, No. 1, 2005

Meteorology. Climatology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Computer. Automation --- informatica --- milieutechnologie --- milieubeheer --- klimaatverandering