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Informationen zum Autor Ellen Wall is a research scientist in environmentalsciences; Barry Smit is a professor of geography andCanada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change; andJohanna Wandel is a postdoctoral research associatewith the Department of Geography - all at the University ofGuelph. The authors/editors are also members of the Advisory Committeefor C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and AdaptationResearch Network for Agriculture). Klappentext Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture. Zusammenfassung Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems! this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part 1: Research Approaches to Climate ChangeAdaptation 1 Introduction / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel 2 Impact-Based Approach / Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall,and Johanna Wandel 3 Context-Based Approach / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and JohannaWandel 4 Process-Based Approach / Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall, and BarrySmit Part 2: Impact-Based Studies 5 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in EasternCanada / Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma, and Daniel McKenney 6 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairie Region /David Sauchyn 7 Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using ClimateChange Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes / DeniseNeilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, YounesAlila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton, and Bill Taylor Part 3: Context-Based Studies 8 Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: ConceptualizingMultiple Risks in Primary Agriculture / Ben Bradshaw 9 Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in theCanadian Prairies / Henry David Venema 10 Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South SaskatchewanRiver Basin / Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier 11 The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability inQuébec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability andChange / Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh, and Pierre André Part 4: Process-Based Studies 12 Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to ClimateVariability and Change / Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw, and Barry Smit 13 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in SouthwesternOntario Farming Systems / Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit,and Wayne Caldwell 14 Community-Based Watershed Management as an AgriculturalAdaptation to Climatic Extremes in the Canadian Prairies / R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and DavidWaltner-Toews 15 Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-RelatedRural Population Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years / Robert A. McLeman Part 5: Conclusions 16 Policy Implications: Panellists' Comments / Ellen Wall,Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel 17 Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for CanadianAgriculture / Ellen Wall and Barry Smit References Contributors Index ...
