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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254109203321

Titolo

Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951–2012 / / edited by Dahe Qin, Yongjian Ding, Mu Mu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-662-48482-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Springer Environmental Science and Engineering, , 2194-3214

Disciplina

363.738740951

Soggetti

Climate change

Climate Change

Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

Climate Change Management and Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Climate, Environmental, and Socio-economic Characteristics of China -- Climatic and Environmental Changes in China -- The Attribution of Climate Change and its Uncertainty -- Impacts of ClimateChange on the Environment, Economy, and Society of China -- Projections of Climate Change and its Impacts -- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Technology and Policy Options -- Strategic Options to Address Climate Change -- Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Through numerous color figures and tables, this book presents the most up-to-date knowledge on climate and environmental change in China. It documents the evidence and attribution of climate and environmental changes in the past few decades and discusses the impacts of climate change on environments, economy, and society. The book further provides projections of climate change and its impacts in the future. Finally, it offers the climate change mitigation and adaption technologies with strategic options which will be of interest for policy makers, researchers and the general public as well.