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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438116703321

Titolo

Geoengineering responses to climate change : selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology / / Tim Lenton, Naomi Vaughan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-93434-5

1-4614-5770-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LentonTim

VaughanNaomi

Disciplina

344.046

Soggetti

Environmental geotechnology

Climate change mitigation

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Sunshades for Solar Radiation Management -- 3. Stratospheric Aerosols for Solar Radiation Management -- 4. Solar Radiation Management, Cloud Albedo Enhancement -- 5. Ocean Fertilization for Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere -- 6. Biochar, Tool for Climate Change Mitigation and Soil Management -- 7. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Weathering Approaches to -- 8. Geoengineering Policy and Governance Issues -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Failure by the international community to make substantive progress in reducing CO2 emissions, coupled with recent evidence of accelerating climate change, has brought increasing urgency to the search for additional remediation approaches.  This book presents a selection of state-of-the-art geoengineering methods for deliberately reducing the effects of anthropogenic climate change, either by actively removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or by decreasing the amount of sunlight absorbed at the Earth’s surface.  These methods contrast with more conventional mitigation approaches which focus on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide. Geoengineering technologies could become a key tool to be used in conjunction with emissions reduction to limit the magnitude of climate



change.  Featuring authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents a wide range of climate change remediation technologies. Examines the potential of geoengineering technologies to contribute to the goal of restricting global warming to within 2°C of preindustrial levels Discusses carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SDR) Places the technologies discussed in their proper social, political, and ethical contexts Provides valuable insights for audiences ranging from researchers and  industry experts to policy makers and university-level students.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957244003321

Autore

Bhargava Alok

Titolo

Econometrics, statistics, and computational approaches in food and health sciences / / Alok Bhargava

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey ; ; Singapore, : World Scientific, c2006

ISBN

9786611373207

9781281373205

1281373206

9789812773319

9812773312

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/33621

Soggetti

Nutrition - Econometric models

Medical economics - Statistical methods

Econometrics - Health aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I. Methodological contributions. 1. Estimating dynamic random effects models from panel data covering short time periods / Alok Bhargava and J.D. Sargan. 2. Wald tests and systems of stochastic equations / Alok Bhargava. 3. Identification and panel data models with endogenous regressors / Alok Bhargava. 4. Serial correlation and the



fixed effects model / Alok Bhargava, L. Franzini and W. Narendranathan -- II. Food Intakes, health and productivity in developing countries. 5. Estimating short and long run income elasticities of foods and nutrients for rural south India / Alok Bhargava. 6. Does household consumption behave as a martingale? A test for rural south India / Alok Bhargava and Martin Ravallion. 7. Dietary intakes and socioeconomic factors are associated with the hemoglobin concentration of Bangladeshi women / Alok Bhargava, Howarth E. Bouis, Nevin S. Scrimshaw. 8. Malnutrition and the role of individual variation with evidence from India and the Philippines / Alok Bhargava. 9. Nutritional status and the allocation of time in Rwandese households / Alok Bhargava. 10. Requirements for what? Is the measurement of energy expenditure a sufficient estimate of energy needs? / Alok Bhargava and Peter J. Reeds -- III. Child health and cognitive development in developing countries. 11. Modelling the health of Filipino children / Alok Bhargava. 12. Modelling the effects of nutritional and socioeconomic factors on the growth and morbidity of Kenyan school children / Alok Bhargava. 13. Coliforms in the water and hemoglobin concentration are predictors of gastrointestinal morbidity of Bangladeshi children ages 1-10 years / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 14. Modeling the effects of maternal nutritional status and socioeconomic variables on the anthropometric and psychological indicators of Kenyan infants from age 0-6 months / Alok Bhargava. 15. A dynamic model for the cognitive development of Kenyan schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava. 16. Anthelmintic treatment improves the hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentration of Tanzanian schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 17. Modeling the effects of health stats and the educational infrastructure on the cognitive development of Tanzanian schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 18. AIDS epidemic and the psychological well-being and school participation of Ethiopian orphans / Alok Bhargava -- IV. Population health and economic growth. 19. Stochastic specification and the international GDP series / Alok Bhargava. 20. Modeling the effects of health on economic growth / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. -- V. Economic demography. 21. A longitudinal analysis of infant and child mortality rates in developing countries / Alok Bhargava and Jiang Yu. 22. Family planning, gender differences and infant mortality : evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India / Alok Bhargava. 23. Healthcare infrastructure, contraceptive use and infant mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India / Alok Bhargava, Sadia Chowdhury, K.K. Singh -- VI. Behavior, diet and obesity in developed countries. 24. Estimating the variations and autocorrelations in dietary intakes on weekdays and weekends / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 25. Behavioral variables and education are predictors of dietary change in the women's health trial : feasibility study in minority populations / Alok Bhargava, Jennifer Hays. 26. Socio-economic and behavioural factors are predictors of food use in the national food stamp program survey / Alok Bhargava. 27. Unhealthy eating habits, physical exercise and macronutrient intakes are predictors of anthropometric indicators in the women's health trial : feasibility study in minority populations / Alok Bhargava, Joanne F. Guthrie.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a compendium of Alok Bhargava's most important contributions in longitudinal econometric methods and its application to problems of food, nutrition and health. It demonstrates the usefulness of rigorous econometric and statistical methods in addressing issues of under-nutrition and poor child health in developing countries, as well as obesity in developed countries. The close connection between the issues and themes analyzed in disciplines such as economics, nutrition, psychology, demography, epidemiology and public health, provides a sound basis for the formulation of public



policies.