Understanding the impacts of climate change on economic behaviour is an important aspect of deciding when to take policy actions to prevent or mitigate its consequences. This book applies advanced new economics methodologies to assess impacts on potentially vulnerable aspects of the US economy: agriculture, timber, coastal resources, energy expenditure, fishing, outdoor recreation. It is intended to provide improved understanding of key issues raised in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. It concludes that some climate change may produce economic gains in the agriculture and forestry sectors, whereas energy, coastal structures, and water sectors may be harmed. The book will serve as an important reference for the scientific, economic, and policy community, and will also be of interest to natural resource/environmental economists as an example of economic valuation techniques. The volume will clearly be of main importance to researchers and policymakers in the US, but will also be influential as a model for assessment of impacts on economies worldwide.
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This book applies advanced new economics methodologies to assess possible impacts of climate change on the US economy: agriculture, timber, coastal resources, energy expenditure, fishing, outdoor recreation. It improves our understanding of key issues raised in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, and will serve as an important reference for the scientific, economic, and policy community.
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In presenting the material, the authors attempt to consider the largest impacts (of course every impact cannot be covered in a single book). This topic is steadily being updated, but the book still provides a useful overview.
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- Climate Change: From Science to Sustainability (Environmental Web) by Stephen Peake on 13 pages
- Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues - Global Warming (hardcover edition) by Jane S. Shaw on 8 pages
- Environmental Protection Agency (Know Your Government) by Kevin J. Law on page 131
- Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change by Harry Kaiser on page 49
- Coastal Engineering Research on page 171
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- Tourism, Recreation And Climate Control (Aspects of Tourism) by C. Michael Hall on page 60, and page 180
- Global Change and Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Association of American Geographers GCLP Research Team on page 24
- Eight Preposterous Propositions: From the Genetics of Homosexuality to the Benefits of Global Warming by Robert Ehrlich in Back Matter
- Global Governance: An Architecture for the World Economy (Symposia and Conference Proceedings) by Horst Siebert on page 220
- Climate Change Policy: A Survey by Stephen H. Schneider on page 268
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