Climate Change and World Food Security (NATO ASI Series / Global Environmental Change) [Hardcover]

Thomas E. Downing (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3540605622 | ISBN-13: 978-3540605621 | Publication Date: December 20, 1995 | Edition: 1

The book addresses the threat of climate change to world food security, by providing an authoritative review of climate change and surprise, contrasting trends in world food security, case studies of food and the environment, and chapters on adaptive responses. It reviews: trends in agriculture and food security - projections of the incidence and distribution of hunger over the next few decades; the risk and global impacts of climate change on agricultural systems, relying on alternative models of world agricultural potential that have simulated the impacts of climate change; vulnerability and multiple threats to sustainable agriculture; studies of local impacts and responses; and strategies to limit climate change and improve food security.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 662 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 20, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540605622
• ISBN-13: 978-3540605621
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,707,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)