Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment: The IPCC Method
Author:   Martin Parry ,  Timothy Carter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781853832710


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   01 February 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment: The IPCC Method


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Author:   Martin Parry ,  Timothy Carter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.464kg
ISBN:  

9781853832710


ISBN 10:   1853832715
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   01 February 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction * Understanding and Predicting Climate Change * Climate Impact Assessment: Developing the Method * The First Step: Defining the Problem * The Second Step: Selecting the Method * The Third Step: Testing the Method * The Fourth Step: Developing the Scenarios The Fifth step: Assessing the Impacts * The Sixth and Seventh Steps: Evaluating Adaptive Responses * Conclusions: Organizing the Research and Communicating Results * Appendix 1:Summary and Main Features of Integrated Assessment Models * Appendix 2: Some International Data Sources of Interest in Climate-Impact Assessment Studies * References and Notes * Index

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Written by Martin Perry and Timothy Carter -- two lead authors of an important report...a crisp review. -- Local Environment


Author Information

Martin Parry is Professor of Environmental Management and Director of the Jackson Environment Institute at University College London. Timothy Carter is a senior researcher with the Agricultural Research Centre of Finland based at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki.

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