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Springer Climate Change Impacts For The Conterminous Usa by Norman J. Rosenberg , James A. Edmonds
This volume employs an improved Integrated Assessment methodology to analyze the impact of several climate change scenarios on agriculture, water resources, unmanaged ecosystems, irrigation, and land use in the United States, along with their economic implications. The text addresses a range of possible consequences, including impacts on international trade in agricultural commodities, and their consequences for producers and consumers. An Introductory Editorial; Norman J. Rosenberg and James A. Edmonds Part 1: Scenarios and context; Steven J. Smith, Allison M. Thomson, Norman J. Rosenberg, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Robert A. Brown, Tom M. L. Wigley Part 2: Models and validation; Allison M. Thomson, Norman J. Rosenberg, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Robert A. Brown Part 3: Dryland production of grain and forage crops; Allison M. Thomson, Robert A. Brown, Norman J. Rosenberg, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Verel Benson Part 4: Water resources; Allison M. Thomson, Robert A. Brown, Norman J. Rosenberg, Raghavan Srinivasan, R. Cesar Izaurralde Part 5: Irrigated agriculture and national grain crop production; Allison M. Thomson, Norman J. Rosenberg, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Robert A. Brown Part 6: Distribution and productivity of unmanaged ecosystems; R. Cesar Izaurralde, Allison M. Thomson, Norman J. Rosenberg, and Robert A. Brown Part 7: Economic analysis of field crops and land use with climate change; Ronald D. Sands and James A. Edmonds Summary; James A. Edmonds and Norman J. Rosenberg