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AS/A2 Geography Contemporary Case Studies: Climate Change
Hodder Education 2010; US$ 20.79Features up-to-date case studies on key topics in AS and A2 Geography. Specific questions are posed and examiner guidance is provided on how the material can be used to tackle them. more...
Adaptation to Climate Change
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99As it becomes clear that climate change is not easily within the boundaries of the 1990 s, society needs to be prepared and needs to anticipate future changes due to the uncertain changes in climate. So far, extensive research has been carried out on several issues including the coastal defence or shifting ecozones. However, the role spatial design... more...
Anpassungsstrategien in der Klimapolitik
Springer 2012; US$ 23.99Eine effektive Klimapolitik muss nicht nur unerwünschten Klimawandel vermeiden, sondern auch Anpassungsstrategien umfassen. Diese sollen die negativen Auswirkungen von Klimaveränderungen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft mindern. Die Entwicklung neuer Technologien, die weltweit einen Beitrag zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel leisten können,... more...
Applied Climatology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 75.95'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic changes in climatic environments.... more...
Arguing About Climate Change
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 46.50Intergenerational justice requires that climate risks to future generations be handled with the same reasonable care deemed acceptable by society in the case of risks to contemporaries. Such general standards of conduct are laid down in tort law, for example. Consequently, the validity of arguments for or against more stringent climate policy can be... more...
Assessing Climate Change
Springer 2008; US$ 139.99Despite the inadequacies of the temperature measurement network, there is little doubt that much of the Earth has been undergoing a moderate warming since about the start of the 20th century, although this warming has been more pronounced in some areas, and it wavered in mid-century. A critical question facing mankind is: Has this global warming been... more...
The Atlas of Climate Change: Based on SEAP-CMIP5
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99"The Atlas of Climate Change-Based on SEAP-CMIP5" is intended to satisfy readers' curiosity: how will our climate system change over the next 100 years? It is the first showcase for the state-of -the-art earth system models that released their CMIP5 simulations for the IPCC AR5. The atlas focuses on both the past climate system change... more...
The Benefits of Climate Change Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 126.00Humans? effect on the earth's climate will have potentially far-reaching impacts on society and nature. We know that there are trade-offs among policies that limit global warming, but the benefits have so far received far less attention from policy makers than have the costs. more...
Beyond Kyoto - A New Global Climate Certificate System
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 129.99In line with the principles of the ecological-social market economy, nations using the most energy and causing the most emissions will be financially sanctioned, but not overburdened - climate friendly behaviour and growth will on the other hand be rewarded worldwide. more...









