Tous les livres numériques de la collection Advances in Global Change Research

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Antonio Navarra , Laurence Tubiana Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Volume 1 of a three-volume final report describes, synthesizes and analyzes the results of the four-year Integrated Research Project CIRCE – Climate Change and Impact Research: Mediterranean Environment, funded by the EU 6th Framework Programme. Conducted under the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2013-02-28 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 105,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Rob Roggema Swarming Landscapes This book advocates a fresh approach to planning that anticipates, rather than reacts to, the changes in climate currently in process. Today’s spatial planning procedures rely on historical evidence instead of preparing for factors that by definition lie in the future,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2012-12-02 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Margot Hill Climate Change and Water Governance The book presents detailed case studies examining the Rhône Basin in the Canton Valais, Switzerland and the Aconcagua Basin in Valparaiso, Chile. In order to understand and assess the interplay of complex and interlinked environmental and socio-economic issues, the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2012-11-13 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Florian Rudolf-Miklau , Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler , Markus Stoffel Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones This book provides a detailed overview on methods used for the dating of past torrential activity on fans and cones and fosters the discussion on the impact of past and potential future climate change on torrential processes. The book has a clear focus on the practical... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2012-07-15 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 105,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Lea Berrang-Ford , James D. Ford Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change. What we know about adaptation, however, is limited. While there is a well established body of scholarship proposing assessment approaches and explaining... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-06-27 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ricardo M. Trigo , Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Hydrological, Socioeconomic and Ecological Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Mediterranean Region The Mediterranean basin represents one of the most important “hot spots” of climate change in the world, with recent trends towards a hotter and drier climate being related to changes in atmospheric circulation patterns. Such changes can have significant impacts in the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-06-17 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Frank Princiotta Global Climate Change - The Technology Challenge In order to avoid the potentially catastrophic impacts of global warming, the current 3% CO2 global emission growth rate must be transformed to a 1 to 3% declining rate, as soon as possible. This will require a rapid and radical transformation of the world’s energy... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-05-19 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Peter A. Coclanis , Mart A. Stewart Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability in the Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. The Mekong River fans out over an area of about 40,000 sq kilometers and over the course of many millennia has produced a region of fertile alluvial soils and constant flows of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-05-13 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ferenc L. Toth Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste: A Comparative Assessment Fossil fuels will remain the backbone of the global energy economy for the foreseeable future. The contribution of nuclear energy to the global energy supply is also expected to increase. With the pressing need to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-02-21 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Dominic R. Kniveton , Charles J. R. Williams African Climate and Climate Change Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2011-02-11 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Heiko Balzter Environmental Change in Siberia The Siberian environment is a unique region of the world that is both very strongly affected by global climate change and at the same time particularly vulnerable to its consequences.The news about the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and the prospect of an... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2010-07-20 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Michelle Bollschweiler , David R. Butler , Brian H. Luckman , Markus Stoffel Tree Rings and Natural Hazards Dendrogeomorphology Beginnings and Futures: A Personal Reminiscence My early forays into dendrogeomorphology occurred long before I even knew what that word meant. I was working as a young geoscientist in the 1960s and early 1970s on a problem with slope movements and... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2010-07-15 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Francesco Musco , Maryke Van Staden Local Governments and Climate Change Global warming is changing the world as we know it. Climate change can have catastrophic impacts in numerous cities across the world. It is time for us to react – quickly and effectively. The European Community (EC) has been leading the fight against climate change,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2010-04-05 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 210,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Jenifer Huang Mcbeath , Jerry Mcbeath Environmental Change and Food Security in China Abstract This chapter defines food security as the condition reached when a nation’s population has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet its dietary needs and food preferences. It stresses China’s importance to global food security because of its... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2010-03-25 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Marshall Burke , David B. Lobell Climate Change and Food Security Roughly a billion people around the world continue to live in state of chronic hunger and food insecurity. Unfortunately, efforts to improve their livelihoods must now unfold in the context of a rapidly changing climate, in which warming temperatures and changing... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2009-12-01 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : ePub 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ellen Wiegandt Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge The idea for Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge began with the constitution of the Association Montagne 2002, whose mission was to celebrate the International Year of Mountains in the alpine canton of Valais, Switzerland.The year 2002 was the occasion for... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2007-12-20 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : PDF 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Collectif Climate Variability and Extremes during the Past 100 years Large progress has been made in the past few years towards quantifying and understanding climate variability during past centuries. At the same time, present-day climate has been studied using state-of-the-art data sets and tools with respect to the physical and... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2007-12-20 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : PDF 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
P. Bauer , V. Levizzani , F. Joseph Turk Measuring Precipitation From Space Measuring Precipitation from Space presents state-of-the-art rainfall estimation algorithms, validation strategies, precipitation modelling, and assimilation in numerical weather prediction models. Clouds and precipitation observations and modelling are addressed for... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2007-05-11 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : PDF 304,89 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Roy Boyd , Maria Eugenia Ibarrarán Hacia el Futuro The past 25 years have witnessed an increasing worldwide concern over the issue of climate change and the specter of immense environmental and economic damage which would accompany unmitigated global warming trends. National governments in the industrialized world along... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2006-09-09 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : PDF 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Alexander A. Chukhlantsev Microwave Radiometry of Vegetation Canopies Research into microwave radiation from the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies, as well as the development of algorithms for retrieval of soil and vegetation parameters from microwave radiometric measurements, have been actively conducted for the last... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2006-07-18 Collection : Advances in Global Change Research Format(s) : PDF 147,69 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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