{"product_id":"farming-in-a-changing-climate-9780774813945","title":"Farming in a Changing Climate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis timely collection will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and agriculturalists throughout North America and beyond. It offers both a comprehensive collection of recent research on the vulnerability of Canadian farming systems to climate change and a thorough and articulate presentation of the breadth of concepts and methods currently employed in climate change vulnerability assessments. -- Debra Davidson, University of Alberta * Great Plains Research, Vol.18, No.2, Fall 2008 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Research Approaches to Climate ChangeAdaptation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction \/ Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Impact-Based Approach \/ Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall,and Johanna Wandel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Context-Based Approach \/ Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and JohannaWandel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Process-Based Approach \/ Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall, and BarrySmit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Impact-Based Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in EasternCanada \/ Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma, and Daniel McKenney\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairie Region \/David Sauchyn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using ClimateChange Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes \/ DeniseNeilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, YounesAlila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton, and Bill Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Context-Based Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: ConceptualizingMultiple Risks in\u003cbr\u003e Primary Agriculture \/ Ben Bradshaw\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in theCanadian Prairies \/ Henry David Venema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South SaskatchewanRiver Basin \/ Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability inQuébec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability andChange \/ Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh, and Pierre André\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Process-Based Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to ClimateVariability and\u003cbr\u003e Change \/ Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw, and Barry Smit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in SouthwesternOntario Farming Systems \/ Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit,and Wayne Caldwell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Community-Based Watershed Management as an AgriculturalAdaptation to Climatic\u003cbr\u003e Extremes in the Canadian Prairies \/ R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and DavidWaltner-Toews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-RelatedRural Population\u003cbr\u003e Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years \/ Robert A. McLeman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Conclusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Policy Implications: Panellists’ Comments \/ Ellen Wall,Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for CanadianAgriculture \/\u003cbr\u003e Ellen Wall and Barry Smit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404916040023,"sku":"9780774813945","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/farming-in-a-changing-climate-9780774813945","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}