Extreme events and climate change : a mulstidisciplinary approach /: a mulstidisciplinary approach. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Federico Castillo, Michael Wehner, Dáithí Stone.
• Authors: Castillo, Federico; Wehner, Michael F; Stone, Dáithí
• Other Names: American Geophysical Union, publisher.
• Contents: Contributors Preface 1. Synthesizing Observed Impacts of Extreme Weather Events across Systems; Dáithí A. Stone 2. The Impact of Heat Waves on Agricultural Labor Productivity and Output; Federico Castillo, Armando Sánchez Vargas, J. K. Gilless, and Michael Wehner 3. Weather Extremes That Affect Various Agricultural Commodities; Richard Grotjahn 4. Economics of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture; Xuemei Lu, Jesse Buchsbaum, and David Zilberman 5. Agricultural Losses in a Telecoupled World: Modeling the Impacts of Regional Crop Failures on Global Land Use; John P. Casellas Connors, Anthony Janetos, and Yasmin Romitti 6. Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions: A Case Study of Maize and Bean Farmers in Guatemala and Honduras Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Francisco Alpízar, Leyla Aguilar-Solano, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Raffaele Vignola, Bárbara Viguera, and Celia A. Harvey 7. Simulation Model Based on Agents for Land Use Change and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Land Management Policies; Armando Sánchez Vargas, D. Martínez Ventura, C. Gay García, A. L. Herrera Merino, and Bernardo Olvera 8. Climate Extremes, Political Participation, and Migration Intentions of Farmers: A Case Study in Western China; Yan Tan and Xuchun Liu 9. Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Internal Migration in Rural Guatemala; Deicy Lozano Sivisaca, Juan Robalino, Adriana Chacón Cascante, Pablo Imbach, and Catalina Sandoval 10. Extreme Heat Exposure and Occupational Health in a Changing Climate; Jennifer Vanos, Sally Moyce, Bruno Lemke, and Tord Kjellstrom 11. Tropical Cyclone Impacts; Jennifer M. Collins and Charles Paxton 12. On the Relationship Between Heat Waves and Extreme Precipitation in a Warming Climate; Ajay Raghavendra and Shawn M. Milrad 13. Evaluating Economic Output at Risk to Climate Change: A Sectoral Comparison of the Economic Sensitivity to Weather; Colin Shaw, Samuel G. Evans, and Joshua Turner Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : American Geophysical Union
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.73874; Climatic changes; Climatic extremes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119413646
• Related ISBNs: 9781119413745
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