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Changes in climate and climate variability have an effect on
people's behaviour around the world, and public institutions have
an important part to play in influencing our ability to respond to
and plan for climate risk. We may be able to reduce climate risk by
seeking to mitigate the threat on the one hand, and by adapting to
a changed climate on the other. Another theme of the book is the
integrated role of adaptation and mitigation in framing issues and
performing analyses. Adaptation costs fall most heavily on the poor
and special attention needs to be paid to adaptation by the poorest
populations. An integrating framework is also presented to provide
the context for an expansive typology of terms to apply to
adaptation. The 12 papers collected here use methods from a variety
of disciplines and focus on different time frames for decision
making, from short term to the very long term. Readership:
Technically trained readers familiar with the policy issues
surrounding climate change and interested in learning the
scientific underpinnings of issues related to societal adaptation.
Ever since Edwin Mansfield pioneered the popular theory-and-application approach with the First Edition of Microeconomics, the text has been a perennial leader in the intermediate microeconomics course field. Starting with the Tenth Edition and continuing with the Eleventh, co-author Gary Yohe has thoroughly revised the text while retaining its traditional strengths. Discussions remain accurate and clear, making use of engaging examples that draw on real-world applications to motivate the presentation of theory. This revitalized classic promises to continue to please instructors and their students.
Changes in climate and climate variability have an effect on
people's behaviour around the world, and public institutions have
an important part to play in influencing our ability to respond to
and plan for climate risk. We may be able to reduce climate risk by
seeking to mitigate the threat on the one hand, and by adapting to
a changed climate on the other. Another theme of the book is the
integrated role of adaptation and mitigation in framing issues and
performing analyses. Adaptation costs fall most heavily on the poor
and special attention needs to be paid to adaptation by the poorest
populations. An integrating framework is also presented to provide
the context for an expansive typology of terms to apply to
adaptation. The 12 papers collected here use methods from a variety
of disciplines and focus on different time frames for decision
making, from short term to the very long term. Readership:
Technically trained readers familiar with the policy issues
surrounding climate change and interested in learning the
scientific underpinnings of issues related to societal adaptation.
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