Martin Parry, Timothy Carter

Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment

The IPCC Method

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A step-by-step guide to the assessment of the impacts from, and potential adaptations to, changes of climate that is based on the approach developed by the authors and other scientists for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781853832666
• ISBN-10: 1853832669
• Artikelnr.: 23246655

Autorenporträt

Martin Parry is Professor of Environmental Management and Director of the Jackson Environment Institute at University College London. Timothy Carter is a senior researcher with the Agricultural Research Centre of Finland based at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Understanding and Predicting Climate Change
Climate Impact Assessment: Developing the Method
The First Step: Defining the Problem
The Second Step: Selecting the Method
The Third Step: Testing the Method
The Fourth Step: Developing the Scenarios The Fifth step: Assessing the Impacts
The Sixth and Seventh Steps: Evaluating Adaptive Responses
Conclusions: Organizing the Research and Communicating Results
Appendix 1:Summary and Main Features of Integrated Assessment Models
Appendix 2: Some International Data Sources of Interest in Climate-Impact Assessment Studies
References and Notes
Index