Ebook: Global Warming Impacts - Case Studies on the Economy, Human Health, and on Urban and Natural Environments

InTech. 2011. 290 p.This book addresses the theme of the impacts of global warming on different specific fields, ranging from the regional and global economy, to agriculture, human health, urban areas, land vegetation, marine areas and mangroves. Despite the volume of scientific work that has been undertaken in relation to each of each of these issues, the study of the impacts of global warming upon them is a relatively recent and unexplored topic. The chapters of this book offer a broad overview of potential applications of global warming science. As this science continues to evolve, confirm and reject study hypotheses, it is hoped that this book will stimulate further developments in relation to the impacts of changes in the global climate.Contents.
Preface.
Part 1 Economic Impacts of Global Warming at Global and Local Scales.
Global Warming and Its Economic Effects on the Anchovy Fishery and Tourism Sector in North-Western Spain.
The CO2 Equivalent Emissions and Total Economic Output.
Part 2 Global Warming and Human Health: Impacts on the Spread of Infectious Diseases.
Global Warming and Epidemic Trends of an Emerging Viral Disease in Western-Europe: The Nephropathia Epidemica Case.
Malaria Transmission in the African Highlands in a Changing Climate Situation: Perspective from Kenyan Highlands.
Part 3 Global Warming Impacts on Urban Areas.
Developing Urban Adaptation Strategies for Global Warming by Using Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study of Major Metropolitan Areas in Japan.
Urban and Peri-Urban Tree Cover in European Cities: Current Distribution and Future Vulnerability Under Climate Change Scenarios.
Part 4 Global Warming and Agriculture: Impacts on Crop Production.
The Influence of Climate Change on Rice in China from 1961 to 2009.
Climate Change Adaptation using Agroforestry Practices: A Case Study from Costa Rica.
Crop Production and Global Warming.
Effects of High Night Temperature on Crop Physiology and Productivity: Plant Growth Regulators Provide a Management Option.
Part 5 Global Warming and Ecological Changes: Impacts on Forests, Mangroves and Sea Ecosystems.
Effects of Temperature and Light Conditions on Growth of Current-Year Seedlings of Warm-Temperate Evergreen Tree Species and Cool-Temperate Deciduous Tree Species.
Decreasing of Population Size of Imperata cylindrica Mangrove Ecotype & Sea-Level Rising.
Change in Species Composition and Distribution of Algae in the Coastal Waters of Western Japan.
Vulnerability of South American Pinnipeds Under El Niño Southern Oscillation Events.
A Review of Sea-Level Rise Effect on Mangrove Forest Species: Anatomical and Morphological Modifications.