Climate change and its impacts : risks and inequalities /: risks and inequalities. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colleen Murphy, Paolo Gardoni, Robert McKim, editors.
• Editors: Murphy, Colleen; Gardoni, Paolo; McKim, Robert
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Introduction; 1 Risks and Values: New and Interconnected Challenges of Climate Change; Abstract; Introduction; Structure and Overview of the Book; Part II: The Paris Agreement, Policy and Climate Justice; Part III: Natural Hazards, Resilience and Mitigation; Part IV: Responding to Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation; Part V: Responding to Climate Change: Priorities, Perspectives, and Solutions; Closing Reflections; Acknowledgements; References; The Paris Agreement, Policy and Climate Justice; 2 Climate Change in the 21st Century: Looking Beyond the Paris Agreement. AbstractIntroduction; Our Changing Climate; Climate Change Effects on Temperature; Climate Change Effects on Precipitation; Climate Change Effects on Severe Weather; The Basis for a Human Cause for Climate Change; 21st Century Projections of Climate Change; Responding to Climate Change: A Look Forward; References; 3 Cumulative Harm as a Function of Carbon Emissions; Abstract; Introduction; Temperature as a Function of Cumulative Carbon Emissions; Harm Defined; Harm as a Function of Temperature; Harm as a Function of Cumulative Carbon Emissions; The Non-identity Objection. Conclusion: Significant Harms from Small EmissionsReferences; 4 Justice in Mitigation After Paris; Abstract; Introduction; Justice Between Generations; International Justice; The Paris Agreement; Prospects for Progress; Concluding Remarks; References; 5 Utilitarianism, Prioritarianism, and Climate Change: A Brief Introduction; Abstract; Introduction; The Discounted Utilitarian SWF; The Nondiscounted Prioritarian SWF; How Should We Choose Between the Two SWFs?; The Ramsey Formula; The Social Cost of Carbon; Optimal Mitigation; Conclusion; References; Natural Hazards, Resilience and Mitigation. 6 Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Hurricane HazardsAbstract; Introduction; Hurricane Risk Analysis (The Basics) and the Hurricane Model; Climate Change: Impacts on Hurricane Hazard; The Models: Wind and Rain; Simulation: Hurricane Wind and Rain Events; Results: Impact of Climate Change on the Hurricane Wind-Rain Hazard; How Can This Information Be Used?; A Look at Another Region Along the East Coast: The Mid-Atlantic; Next Steps, Reflections, and Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Climate Change, Heavy Precipitation and Flood Risk in the Western United States; Abstract. IntroductionClimatic Drivers of Flood Risk; Snowpack Effects; Heavy Precipitation; Methodological Approaches; Statistical Downscaling; Regional Climate Model; Hydrologic Model; Case Study: Inundation Scenarios and Decision Support; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 8 The Impact of Climate Change on Resilience of Communities Vulnerable to Riverine Flooding; Abstract; Introduction; Coupled Hydrological/Hydraulic Flood Hazard Model; Grid-Based Distributed Hydrological Model; Hydraulics-Based Inundation Mapping Model; Assessment of Flood Hazard for Shelby County, TN.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.6; Environment; Climatic changes; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Climatic changes; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Law -- International; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; The environment; International environmental law; Environmental economics; Sociology; Environmental economics; Environmental sociology; Climate change; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319775449; 3319775448
• Related ISBNs: 9783319775432; 331977543X
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2018).
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