Ebook: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resource Systems

This volume characterizes the current state of natural science and socioeconomic modeling of the impacts of climate change and current climate variability on forests, grasslands, and water. It identifies what can be done currently with impact assessments and suggests how to undertake such assessments. Impediments to linking biophysical and socioeconomic models into integrated assessments for policy purposes are identified, and recommendations for future research activities to improve the state of the art and remove these impediments to model integration are provided.
This book is for natural and social scientists with an interest in the impacts of climate change on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their socioeconomic impacts, and policy makers interested in understanding the status of current assessment capabilities and in identifying priority areas for future research.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-v
Integrated Assessments of the Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resources....Pages 1-14
Framework for Integrated Assessments of Global Warming Impacts....Pages 15-44
Modeling Land Use and Cover as Part of Global Environmental Change....Pages 45-64
Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling....Pages 65-90
Integrating Climatic Change and Forests: Economic and Ecologic Assessments....Pages 91-110
Environmental Change in Grasslands: Assessment Using Models....Pages 111-141
Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on Grazinglands....Pages 143-157
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Water resources — A Review....Pages 159-177
Assessing the Socioeconomic Consequences of Climate Change on Water Resources....Pages 179-208
Conclusions, Remaining Issues, and Next Steps....Pages 209-219

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-v
Integrated Assessments of the Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resources....Pages 1-14
Framework for Integrated Assessments of Global Warming Impacts....Pages 15-44
Modeling Land Use and Cover as Part of Global Environmental Change....Pages 45-64
Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling....Pages 65-90
Integrating Climatic Change and Forests: Economic and Ecologic Assessments....Pages 91-110
Environmental Change in Grasslands: Assessment Using Models....Pages 111-141
Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on Grazinglands....Pages 143-157
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Water resources — A Review....Pages 159-177
Assessing the Socioeconomic Consequences of Climate Change on Water Resources....Pages 179-208
Conclusions, Remaining Issues, and Next Steps....Pages 209-219
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