The Impacts of Climate Change (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues
Redaktion: Letcher, Trevor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Impacts of Climate Change: A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social and Political Issues presents the very real issues associated with climate change and global warming and how it affects the planet and everyone on it. From a physical perspective, the book covers such topics as population pressures, food issues, rising sea-levels and coastline degradation, and health. It then goes on to present social impacts, such as humanitarian issues, ethics, adaptation, urban issues, local action, and socio-economic issues. Finally, it addresses the political impacts, such as justice issues and politics of climate change in different locations.

By offering this holistic review of the latest impacts of climate change, the book helps researchers to better understand what needs to be done in order to move toward renewable energy, change societal habits, and move toward sustainable development.

• Offers comprehensive coverage of the impacts of climate change from multiple perspectives (physical, social, and political) to develop synergy across disciplines
• Presents the latest research and developments on the understanding of climate change impacts on a variety of scales and disciplines
• Includes case studies and extensive references for further exploration

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128223741
• Artikelnr.: 61815957

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
B. PHYSICAL and BIOPHYSICAL IMPACTS 2. The melting of Glaciers and Climate
Change 3. Climate Change and Biodiversity 4. Effect of Climate Change on
Marine Ecosystems 5. Natural Disasters Caused by Climate Change 6. Climate
Change and Microorganisms 7. Effect of Climate Change on Food Production
(Fishing) 8. Effect of Climate Change on Food Production (Animal Products)
C. SOCIAL IMPACTS 9. Social Issues Related to Climate Change and Food
Production (Crops) 10. Climate Change and World Population 11. The Social
Impacts of Rising Sea Levels on Populations Living in Low Lying Areas 12.
Economics, Ecology and Climate Change 13. Societal Adaption to Climate
Change 14. Social Attitudes - Methodologies to Help Shape Attitudes to
Climate Change 15. Risk and Climate Change 16. Effect of Climate Change on
The Insurance Sector 17. Game Theory and Climate Change 18. Urban Life and
Climate Change
D. POLITICAL IMPACTS 19. Security Implications of Climate Change: With a
Focus on Armed Conflict 20. Climate Change Governance 21. Justice and
Climate Change 22. Climate Change and The Law 23. Ethics of Measuring The
Impacts of Climate Change (The Morally Relevant Assumptions That Go Into
Standard Discounted Utilitarian Cost-benefit Analyses) 24. Climate Refugees