Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and - Change for the United State

Klappentext Assessment of impacts of climate change on US agriculture accessible to students, researchers, and policymakers. Zusammenfassung This authoritative volume reports the results of a rigorous and quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change on US agriculture over the twenty-first century. It will be accessible to a broad readership of students! researchers! and policymakers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction and goals of the assessment; 2. Assessment approach: building on existing knowledge; 3. Impacts of climate change on production agriculture and the US economy; 4. Impacts of variability on agriculture; 5. Agriculture and the environment: interactions with climate; 6. Summary and implications.

Product details

• Authors: John M. Reilly, John M. (Massachusetts Institute of Techno Reilly
• Assisted by: John M Reilly (Editor), John M. Reilly (Editor), John M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Reilly (Editor), Reilly John M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521016285
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01628-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Pollution & threats to the environment, United States of America, USA, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Agricultural science, Pollution and threats to the environment, Environmental science, engineering and technology