Climate Change in California (eBook)

Risk and Response

Fredrich Kahrl, David Roland-Holst (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
168 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95380-2 (ISBN)

Infos

California is synonymous with opportunity, prosperity, and natural beauty, but climate change will certainly influence the state's future. Changes will affect the economy, natural resources, public health, agriculture, and the livelihoods of its residents. But how big is the risk? How will Californians adapt? What will it cost? This book is the first to ask and attempt to answer these and other questions so central to the long-term health of the state. While California is undeniably unique and diverse, the challenges it faces will be mirrored everywhere. This succinct and authoritative review of the latest evidence suggests feasible changes that can sustain prosperity, mitigate adverse impacts of climate change, and stimulate research and policy dialog across the globe. The authors argue that the sooner society recognizes the reality of climate change risk, the more effectively we can begin adaptation to limit costs to present and future generations. They show that climate risk presents a new opportunity for innovation, supporting aspirations for prosperity in a lower carbon, climate altered future where we can continue economic progress without endangering the environment and ourselves.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Economic Perspectives on Climate Adaptation
2. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
3. Water
4. Energy
5. Transportation
6. Tourism and Recreation
7. Real Estate and Insurance
8. Public Health
9. Revelation or Revolution?
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: california beauty • carbon emissions • climate change • climate change in california • climate change risk • climatology • discussion books • earth sciences • easy to read • Ecology • Educational Books • engaging • environment and the economy • Environment issues • fixing climate change • global heating • global warming • Going Green • informative books • learning from experts • lower carbon • meteorology • politics and climate • protecting the earth • Public Health • thinking about the future • united states climate
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95380-0 / 0520953800
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95380-2 / 9780520953802