Engineering response to climate change

"PREFACE In June 1991, we convened the Workshop on the Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda. Approximately 70 scientists and engineers spent 4 days discussing what research was necessary in order to identify the causes and the extent of clima...

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Other Authors Watts, Robert G.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2013.
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Climatic changes > Environmental aspects.
Environmental engineering > Environmental aspects.
Ecological engineering.
Global environmental change.
Greenhouse gases > Environmental aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439888476
Physical Descriptionxviii, 502 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The fifth revolution / Robert G. Watts
  • 2. Radiatively important atmospheric constituents / Donald J. Wuebbles and Darienne Ciuro
  • 3. Scenarios of future socio-economics, energy, land use, and radiative forcing / Jiyong Eom ... [et al.]
  • 4. Understanding sea level rise and coastal hazards / Ashish J. Mehta ... [et al.]
  • 5. Water resources / William H. McAnally ... [et al.]
  • 6. Energy demand, efficiency, and conservation / Hadi Dowlatabadi and Maryam Rezaei
  • 7. Renewable electricity / Walter Short
  • 8. The future of energy from nuclear fission / Son H. Kim and Temitope Taiwo
  • 9. Energy from nuclear fusion / Arthur W. Molvik
  • 10. Energy from space for sustainable commercial power for Earth / David R. Criswell
  • 11. Adapting to climate change / Donald J. Wuebbles
  • 12. Climate engineering : impact reducer or suffering inducer? / Michael C. MacCracken.

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