Atsunobu Ichikawa (ed.)

Global Warming ¿ The Research Challenges

A Report of Japan¿s Global Warming Initiative
Herausgegeben:Ichikawa, Atsunobu

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph is the English version of "Chikyu Ondanka Kenkyu no Saizensen (The State of the Art of the Global Warming Research)" published as a report of Global Warming Research Initiative established by The Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), the Cabinet Office, Japanese Government. CSTP promulgated the "Promotional Strategy in Prioritized Fields" in September 2001 in accordance with the "Science and Technology Basic Plan", now in its second term, which started fiscal year 2001 and will continue through 2005. CSTP organized "Research Initiatives" in the field of environmental studies to identify and integrate research activities that had been separately conducted under the auspices and the directions of many ministries and agencies in the Japanese government. CSTP has established five research initiatives in the field, i.e., Global Warming, Waste-Free and Resource Recycling Technologies, Eco-Harmonious River Basin and Urban Area Regeneration, Chemical Substance Risk Management, and Global Water Cycle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan / Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4020-2940-0
• 2004
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781402029400
• ISBN-10: 1402029403
• Artikelnr.: 13740687

Autorenporträt

Atsunobu Ichikawa, Council for Science and Technology Policy, The Government of Japan, Tokyo, Japan and Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Inhaltsangabe

1: Addressing the Problem of Global Warming.- 2: To What Extent Have Researches Elucidated Global Warming?.- 1 Is Global Warming Really Occurring? - What Global Monitoring can Tell Us.- 2 Climate Modeling and the Projection of Global Warming.- 3 Impacts and Risks of Global Warming.- 4 Assessment of Global Warming Response Policies.- References.- Abbreviations.- Authors.