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Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. John Dodson

    1. Technology Organisation, Div. Environment, Australian Nuclear Science &, Menai, Australia

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  • State-of-the-art analysis of climate change impacts on societal relevant themes
  • Expert authorities discuss relationship of climate with each theme
  • Valuable reference for policy and decision makers

Part of the book series: International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Setting the Scene: How Do We Get to a Fitting Future?

    • John Dodson
    Pages 1-4

  3. Impacts of Climate Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Adaptation Measures for Natural Resource Management

    • Patrick Gonzalez
    Pages 5-20

  4. Fire in the Earth System

    • S.P. Harrison, J.R. Marlon, P.J. Bartlein
    Pages 21-48

  5. Vanishing Polar Ice Sheets

    • Nancy A.N. Bertler, Peter J. Barrett
    Pages 49-83

  6. Climate and Peatlands

    • Rixt de Jong, Maarten Blaauw, Frank M. Chambers, Torben R. Christensen, François de Vleeschouwer, Walter Finsinger et al.
    Pages 85-121

  7. Climate and Lacustrine Ecosystems

    • Isabelle Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle Laurion, Robert Moschen, Monique Stewart
    Pages 123-160

  8. Rivers

    • Emmanuel Gandouin, Philippe Ponel
    Pages 161-175

  9. Climate Change and Desertification with Special Reference to the Cases in China

    • Xiaoping Yang
    Pages 177-187

  10. Climate Change, Societal Transitions and Changing Infectious Disease Burdens

    • Emily Fearnley, Philip Weinstein, John Dodson
    Pages 189-199

  11. Don’t We All Want Good Weather and Cheap Food?

    • Elisabeth Simelton
    Pages 201-215

  12. Building Capacity to Cope with Climate Change in the Least Developed Countries

    • Hannah Reid, David Dodman, Rod Janssen, Saleemul Huq
    Pages 217-230

  13. Climate Change Mitigation Policy: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges

    • Timothy J. Foxon
    Pages 231-241

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 243-244
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About this book

The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth’s rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Organisation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the na- ral sciences and their application to societal problems, including the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) now in its fourth decade. With its main goals of raising public awareness of, and enhancing research in the Earth sciences on a global scale in both the developed and less-developed countries of the world, two operational programmes were demanded. In 2002 and 2003, the Series Editors together with Dr. Ted Nield and Dr. Henk Schalke (all four being core members of the Management Team at that time) drew up outlines of a Science and an Outreach Programme. In 2005, following the UN proclamation of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, the “Year” grew into a triennium (2007–2009).

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“Editor Dodson (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) and 37 authors from 13 countries do a good job covering the issues. … The book covers past and future changes in terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands, polar ice, and lake and river water resources. … The material is written clearly enough for most people to comprehend, and the scientific papers and the extensive references should satisfy those with technical backgrounds. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.” (M. K. Cleaveland, Choice, Vol. 48 (7), March, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Technology Organisation, Div. Environment, Australian Nuclear Science &, Menai, Australia

    John Dodson

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