Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the rights and aspirations of the developing world, the need to balance ecology and economics, and the potential impact of policy on climate change, with a focus on the Southern Hemisphere. A thorough reference source valuable to readers in a variety of disciplines.
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Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
GLOBAL CHANGE PLURALITIES.
North-South: Where Is the Divide?
(R. Graetz & M. Wilson).
Bridging the Climate Gaps (A. Henderson-Sellers).
HEMISPHERE CLIMATE: GLOBAL MODELS.
Coupled Climate Systems Modelling (K. Trenberth).
Southern Hemisphere Climate: Comparing Models with Reality (P.Whetton, et al.).
Modelling Climatic Variability (N. Nicholls).
Palaeoclimatic Modelling: A Western Pacific Perspective (J.Chappell & J. Syktus).
CLIMATE CHANGE: ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN DIMENSIONS.
Global Change and Terrestrial Biosphere: The Present and FutureFocus (R. Graetz).
Human and Physical Aspects of Tropical Deforestation (A.Henderson-Sellers, et al.).
Contextualizing the Effects of Climate Change in Pacific IslandCountries (J. Campbell).
POLICY PERSPECTIVES.
Climate Science and Politics: The Road to Rio and Beyond (R.Taplin).
From Rio to Berlin: Managing Climate Change (D. Victor & J.Salt).
The Natural Debt: North and South (K. Smith).
Index.
