Global Environmental Change

Editor: Freedman, Bill
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

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ISBN: 978-94-007-5783-7
Category: Science - Environmental sciences
Image Count: 153
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

The handbook Global Environmental Change is intended to serve as a reliable and comprehensive resource to attend the needs of researchers, teachers, students, and professionals working in science and policy aspects relevant to environment and sustainability.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • About the Editor
  • List of Contributors
  • Part I Global Change and Climate - Brian D. Fath
  • 1 Global Climate Change, Introduction - Natalia Fath and Brian D. Fath
  • 2 Radiative Forcing and the Greenhouse Gases - David Szpunar
  • 3 Reflective Aerosols and the Greenhouse Effect - Kathryn E. Kautzman
  • 4 Water Cycles and Climate Change - Kevin E. Trenberth
  • 5 Global Dimming and Brightening - Martin Wild
  • 6 Paleoclimates - Thomas M. Cronin
  • 7 Holocene Climate - Heinz Wanner
  • 8 Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - Hua Lin
  • Part II Global Change and Oceans - Ursula M. Scharler
  • 9 Sea-Surface Temperature - Thomas M. Smith
  • 10 Variations of Oceanic Heat Content - Matthew D. Palmer
  • 11 Ocean Currents and Circulation and Climate Change - Henk A. Dijkstra
  • 12 Sea Ice - Hugues Goosse
  • 13 Ocean Acidification and Oceanic Carbon Cycling - Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow and Björn Rost
  • 14 Other Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen and Climate Change - Katja Fennel
  • 15 Marine Net Primary Production - Zoe V. Finkel
  • 16 Ecological Carbon Sequestration in the Oceans and Climate Change - Richard Sanders and Stephanie Henson
  • 17 Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance to Climate Change - Bayden D. Russell and Sean D. Connell
  • 18 Pelagic Ecosystems and Climate Change - Gregory Beaugrand
  • 19 Coral Reefs and Climate Change - David Glassom
  • 20 Land-Margin Ecosystems and Global Change - Donald F. Boesch
  • 21 Marine Mammals – Natural and Anthropogenic Influences - Marthán Bester
  • 22 Marine Bio-Resources and Climate Change - R. Ian Perry
  • 23 Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change - Thomas Wernberg, Bayden D. Russell, Mads S. Thomsen and Sean D. Connell
  • Part III Global Change and Freshwater Ecosystems - R. Jan Stevenson
  • 24 Precipitation Regimes and Climate Change - Nathan Moore
  • 25 Snow, Permafrost, Ice Cover, and Climate Change - Eugenie Euskirchen, Merritt Turetsky, Jonathan O'Donnell and Ronald P. Daanen
  • 26 Glaciers and Climate Change - Regine Hock
  • 27 Impacts of Projected Changes in Climate on Hydrology - David W. Hyndman
  • 28 Productivity of Freshwater Ecosystems and Climate Change - John A. Downing
  • 29 Lakes and Climate Change - a Paleoecological Perspective - John P. Smol
  • 30 Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity in a Changing World - David Dudgeon
  • 31 Wetland Ecosystems and Global Change - M. Siobhan Fennessy
  • 32 Rivers and Global Change - R. Jan Stevenson
  • 33 Lake Nutrients, Eutrophication, and Climate Change - John Jones and Michael T. Brett
  • 34 Acidification, Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Climate Change - Mattias Winterdahl, Kevin Bishop and Martin Erlandsson
  • Part IV Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems - M. Francesca Cotrufo
  • 35 Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, Introduction - M. Francesca Cotrufo
  • 36 Terrestrial Plant Productivity and Carbon Allocation in a Changing Climate - Colleen Iversen and Richard Norby
  • 37 Soil Organic Matter Dynamics, Climate Change Effects - Alain Plante and Richard T. Conant
  • 38 Soil Trace Gas Emissions and Climate Change - Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Eugenio Diaz-Pines and Michael Dannenmann
  • 39 Biogeochemical Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems - Individual Components, Interactions and Considerations Under Global Change - Kristen Freeman and Walter Oechel
  • 40 Distribution of Terrestrial Ecosystems and Changes in Plant Community Composition - Michael J. Schuster, Lorena Torres Martinez and Jeffrey S. Dukes
  • 41 Microbial Community-Level Responses to Warming and Altered Precipitation Patterns Determine Terrestrial Carbon-Climate Feedbacks - Matthew D. Wallenstein
  • 42 Terrestrial Biodiversity and Climate Change - Mark A. Bradford and Robert J. Warren II
  • 43 Water Deficits - Melinda Laituri
  • 44 Desertification and Soil Erosion - Rattan Lal
  • 45 Impacts of Global Change on Crop Production and Food Security - Serge Savary, Andrea Ficke and Clayton A. Hollier
  • 46 Land Management Options for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change - Richard A. Houghton
  • 47 Carbon Sequestration in Soil and Vegetation and Greenhouse Gases Emissions Reduction - Keith Paustian
  • 48 Conservation Practices - Frank Lowenstein and Evan Girvetz
  • Part V Urban Environments - Célia Alves
  • 49 Global Change and Urban Atmospheres, Introduction - Erika von Schneidemesser and Paul S. Monks
  • 50 Climate–Chemistry Interactions in the Urban Atmosphere - Ivar S. A. Isaksen, O. A. Søvde, Christos Zerefos and Kostas Eleftheratos
  • 51 Climate Change and Air Quality - Anabela Carvalho, Helena Martins, Myriam Lopes and Ana Isabel Miranda
  • 52 Heat Waves, Human Health, and Climate Change - Aurelio Tobias and Julio Diaz
  • 53 Damage to Materials and Buildings in a Changing Urban Climate - Peter Brimblecombe
  • 54 Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change - Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Christopher N. H. Doll, Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda and Osman Balaban
  • 55 Reducing Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants - Alexandra Monteiro, Jorge H. Amorim, J. Ferreira, Maria Elisa Sá and Carlos Borrego
  • 56 Vegetation and Other Development Options for Mitigating Urban Air Pollution Impacts - Richard Baldauf and David Nowak
  • 57 Urban Vegetation Facing Pollution and Over-Heating - Elena Paoletti, Ilaria Conese and Laura Bacci
  • Part VI Global Change and Sustainable Development - Roderick J. Lawrence
  • 58 Sustainable Development and Global Change - Roderick J. Lawrence
  • 59 The Role of Policy - Kornelis Blok
  • 60 Kyoto Protocol and Beyond - Geraldine Pflieger
  • 61 Agenda 21 - Arthur Lyon Dahl
  • 62 Tradable Permits for Greenhouse Gases - Catherine Ferrier
  • 63 Taxation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases - Andrea Baranzini and Stefano Carattini
  • 64 Offset Systems and Greenhouse Gases - Adrien K. Lawrence
  • 65 Population Growth and Global Change - Bill Freedman
  • 66 Population Policies - Roderick J. Lawrence
  • 67 Economic Growth and Global Change - Julien Forbat
  • 68 Building Performance and Climate Change - Richard Hyde
  • Part VII Global Change and Human Health - Ulisses E. C. Confalonieri
  • 69 Global Change and Human Health, Introduction - Anthony J. McMichael
  • 70 Climate Change, Extreme Weather and Climate Events, and Health Impacts - Aderita Sena, Carlos Corvalan and Kristie Ebi
  • 71 Waterborne and Foodborne Diseases, Climate Change Impacts on Health - Corinne Schuster-Wallace, Sarah Dickin and Chris Metcalfe
  • 72 Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases, and Climate Change - Madeleine C. Thomson
  • 73 Food and Water and Climate Change - Colin D. Butler
  • 74 National and Global Monitoring and Surveillance Systems for the Health Risks of Global Change - Kristie Ebi
  • 75 Health in the ‘Low-Carbon’ Economy - Andrew Haines and Paul Wilkinson
  • Part VIII Global Change and Food Security - Marta G. Rivera Ferre
  • 76 Global Change and Food Security, Introduction - Geoffrey Lawrence and Philip McMichael
  • 77 Vulnerability of Food Security to Global Change - Polly Ericksen
  • 78 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Availability: Agriculture - Christoph Müller
  • 79 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Availability: Livestock - Feliu Lopez-i-Gelats
  • 80 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Availability: Non-Timber Forest Products - Sheona Shackleton
  • 81 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Availability: Distribution and Exchange of Food - Marta G. Rivera Ferre
  • 82 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Accessibility - Colin Sage
  • 83 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Utilization - Noora-Lisa Aberman and Cristina Tirado
  • 84 Knowledge and Technological Requirements to Adapt to Climate Change - Benjamin Graeub, Samuel Ledermann and Hans R. Herren
  • 85 Agroecology: Adaptation and Mitigation Potential and Policies for Climate Change - Janice Jiggins
  • 86 The Socioeconomic Capability to Adapt to Climate Change - Petra Tschakert
  • Part IX Greenhouse Gases and Geoengineering - Ben Kravitz
  • 87 The Strategic Value of Geoengineering Research - Jane C. S. Long and John G. Shepherd
  • 88 Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosols and Planetary Albedo - Simone Tilmes and Michael Mills
  • 89 Cloud Brightening and Climate Change - Hannele Korhonen and Antti-Ilari Partanen
  • 90 Maintaining and Enhancing Ecological Carbon Sequestration - Bill Freedman
  • 91 Space Sunshades and Climate Change - Govindasamy Bala
  • 92 Enhancing the Ocean's Role in CO2 Mitigation - Greg H. Rau
  • Part X Social Aspects of Global Change - Deborah S. Rogers
  • 93 Social Aspects of Global Change, Introduction - Deborah S. Rogers
  • 94 Defining and Measuring Human Well-Being - David A. Clark
  • 95 Vulnerability and Capacity - Ben Wisner and Maureen Fordham
  • 96 Managing Risk and Responding to the Unknown - Ben Wisner and Maureen Fordham
  • 97 Pollution and Pollution Control Through an Economic Lens - Randall Bluffstone
  • 98 Governance Frameworks - Louis Meuleman
  • 99 Linguistic and Cultural Homogenization in the Face of Global Change, a Subarctic Example - Annette Luttermann
  • 100 Human Rights, Rights of the Earth, and Global Change - Martin Wagner
  • 101 Environmental Ethics - Joseph Mazor
  • 102 Socioeconomic Equity and Sustainability - Deborah S. Rogers
  • 103 Mechanisms of Cultural Change and the Transition to Sustainability - Cody T. Ross, Peter J. Richerson and Deborah S. Rogers
  • 104 Knowledge, Learning, and Societal Change for Sustainability - Chris Blackmore
  • 105 Engaging Civil Society - Robert J. Brulle