Extreme Events and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach

ISBN-13: 9781119413622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 240 str.

Federico Castillo; Michael Wehner; D?ith? Stone

Spis treści

ContributorsPreface1. Synthesizing Observed Impacts of Extreme Weather Events across SystemsDáithí A. Stone2. The Impact of Heat Waves on Agricultural Labor Productivity and OutputFederico Castillo, Armando Sánchez Vargas, J. K. Gilless, and Michael Wehner3. Weather Extremes That Affect Various Agricultural CommoditiesRichard Grotjahn4. Economics of the Impact of Climate Change on AgricultureXuemei Lu, Jesse Buchsbaum, and David Zilberman5. Agricultural Losses in a Telecoupled World: Modeling the Impacts of Regional Crop Failures on Global Land UseJohn P. Casellas Connors, Anthony Janetos, and Yasmin Romitti6. Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions: A Case Study of Maize and Bean Farmers in Guatemala and HondurasMilagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Francisco Alpízar, Leyla Aguilar-Solano, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Raffaele Vignola, Bárbara Viguera, and Celia A. Harvey7. Simulation Model Based on Agents for Land Use Change and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Land Management PoliciesArmando Sánchez Vargas, D. Martínez Ventura, C. Gay García, A. L. Herrera Merino, and Bernardo Olvera8. Climate Extremes, Political Participation, and Migration Intentions of Farmers: A Case Study in Western ChinaYan Tan and Xuchun Liu9. Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Internal Migration in Rural GuatemalaDeicy Lozano Sivisaca, Juan Robalino, Adriana Chacón Cascante, Pablo Imbach, and Catalina Sandoval10. Extreme Heat Exposure and Occupational Health in a Changing ClimateJennifer Vanos, Sally Moyce, Bruno Lemke, and Tord Kjellstrom11. Tropical Cyclone ImpactsJennifer M. Collins and Charles Paxton12. On the Relationship Between Heat Waves and Extreme Precipitation in a Warming ClimateAjay Raghavendra and Shawn M. Milrad13. Evaluating Economic Output at Risk to Climate Change: A Sectoral Comparison of the Economic Sensitivity to WeatherColin Shaw, Samuel G. Evans, and Joshua TurnerIndex

O autorze

Dr. Federico Castillo, Specialist Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.Dr. Michael Wehner, Senior Scientist, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.Dr. Dáithí A. Stone, Climate Scientist, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership, Oxford, UK.