Climate of the southeast United States : variability, change, impacts, and vulnerability /

Climate of the southeast United States : variability, change, impacts, and vulnerability /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : Island Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:NCA Regional Input Reports
NCA (Series)
Subject:
Climatology.
Climatic changes -- Southern States.
Agriculture.
Architecture.
Climatic changes.
Environmental sciences.
Agriculture.
Architecture.
Climatic changes.
Climatology.
Environmental sciences.
Southern States.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217689
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Other authors / contributors:Ingram, Keith T., 1953-
ISBN:9781610915090
1610915097
9781306700504
1306700507
159726427X
9781597264273
Digital file characteristics:text file
PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2014).
Summary:Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Climate of the Southeast United States is the result of a collaboration among three Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Centers: the Southeast Climate Consortium; the Carolinas Regional Sciences and Assessments; and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program; with contributions from numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state of the art look at the effects of climate change in the region. The book summarizes the scientific literature with respect to climate impacts on the Southeast United States, including 11 southern states to the east of the Mississippi River, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands; reviews the historic climate, current climate, and the projected future climate of the region; and describes interactions with important sectors of the Southeast and cross-sectoral issues, namely climate change mitigation, adaptation, and education and outreach. Rich in science and case studies, it examines the latest climate change impacts, scenarios, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity and offers decision makers and stakeholders a substantial basis from which to make informed choices that will affect the well-being of the region's inhabitants in the decades to come.
Other form:Printed edition: 9781597264273
Standard no.:9781306700504
10.5822/978-1-61091-509-0
Table of Contents:
  • Climate Change in the Southeast USA: Executive Summary / Keith T. Ingram, Lynne Carter, Kirstin Dow
  • Climate of the Southeast USA: Past, Present, and Future / Charles E. Konrad II, Christopher M. Fuhrmann
  • Human Health and Climate Change in the Southeast USA / Paul J. Schramm
  • Energy Production, Use, and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Southeast USA / Kenneth L. Mitchell
  • Climate Interactions with the Built Environment in the Southeast USA / Dale Quattrochi
  • Climate Change and Transportation in the Southeast USA / Frederick Bloetscher [and others]
  • Agriculture and Climate Change in the Southeast USA / Senthold Asseng
  • Forests and Climate Change in the Southeast USA / Keith T. Ingram [and others]
  • Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Southeast USA / Julie A. Anderson
  • Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Water Resources in the Southeast USA / Ge Sun
  • The Effects of Climate Change on Natural Ecosystems of the Southeast USA / Keith T. Ingram [and others]
  • Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Southeast USA / Kenneth L. Mitchell
  • Climate Adaptations in the Southeast USA / Ashley Brosius [and others]
  • Southeast USA Regional Climate Extension, Outreach, Education, and Training / Julian Carroll [and others].

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