Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewDescribes the information necessary to make decisions about global warming resulting from atmospheric releases of radiatively active trace gases. This book presents methods for assessing options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and assists humans, plants and animals to adjust to the consequences of global warming. Full Product DetailsAuthor: National Academy of Engineering , National Academy of Sciences , Policy and Global Affairs , Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press Imprint: National Academies Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.633kg ISBN: 9780309043861ISBN 10: 0309043867 Pages: 944 Publication Date: 01 February 1992 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Part One: Synthesis; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Background; 5 3 The Greenhouse Gases and Their Effects; 6 4 Policy Framework; 7 5 Adaptation; 8 6 Mitigation; 9 7 International Considerations; 10 8 Findings and Conclusions; 11 9 Recommendations; 12 Individual Statement by a Member Of The Synthesis Panel; 13 Part Two: The Science Base; 14 10 Introduction; 15 11 Emission Rates and Concentrations Of Greenhouse Gases; 16 12 Radiative Forcing and Feedback; 17 13 Model Performance; 18 14 The Climate Record; 19 15 Hydrology; 20 16 Sea Level; 21 17 A Greenhouse Forcing and Temperature Rise Estimation Procedure; 22 18 Conclusions; 23 Part Three: Mitigation; 24 19 Introduction; 25 20 Framework for Evaluating Mitigation Options; 26 21 Residential and Commercial Energy Management; 27 22 Industrial Energy Management; 28 23 Transportation Energy Management; 29 24 Energy Supply Systems; 30 25 Nonenergy Emission Reduction; 31 26 Population; 32 27 Deforestation; 33 28 Geoengineering; 34 29 Findings and Recommendations; 35 Part Four: Adaptation; 36 30 Findings; 37 31 Recommendations; 38 32 Issues, Assumptions, and Values; 39 33 Methods and Tools; 40 34 Sesitivities, Impacts, and Adaptations; 41 35 Indices; 42 36 Final Words; 43 Individual Statement by a Member of the Adaptation Panel; 44 Appendixes; 45 A Questions and Answers About Greenhouse Warming; 46 B Thinking About Time in the Context of Global Climate Change; 47 C Conservation Supply Curves for Buildings; 48 D Conservation Supply Curves for Industrial Energy Use; 49 E Conservation Supply Data for Three Transportation Sectors; 50 F Transportation System Management; 51 G Nuclear Energy; 52 H A Solar Hydrogen System; 53 I Biomass; 54 J Cost-Effectiveness of Electrical Generation Technologies; 55 K Cost-Effectiveness of Chlorofluorocarbon Phaseout-United States and Worldwide; 56 L Agriculture; 57 M Landfill Methane Reduction; 58 N Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 59 O Deforestation Prevention; 60 P Reforestation; 61 Q Geoengineering Options; 62 R Description of Economic Estimates of the Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Emissions; 63 S Glossary; 64 T Conversion Tables; 65 U Prefaces from the Individual Panel Reports; 66 V Acknowledgments from the Individual Panel Reports; 67 W Background Information on Panel Members and Professional Staff; 68 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPanel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
