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Author : Atsumu Ohmura
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN : 372812320X
Mit dt. und franz. Zusammenfass.
Author : Peter Cebon
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 026203252X
Although climate change is a global problem, there is growing recognition of the need to look at its regional manifestations and management. This book takes such an approach to the Alpine region. The result of the ongoing Swiss research program Climate and Environment in the Alpine Region [Clear], it incorporates the work of an independent network of approximately fifty researchers from a variety of disciplines.
Author : Stephan Bader,Pierre Kunz
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3728127094
The international scientific community has come to the conclusion that human activities are a non-negligible factor influencing the global climate. The leading Swiss climate researchers are supporting this statement. What is the impact of climate change in Switzerland? After six years of scientific research, the results of the National Research Programme "Climate Change and Natural Hazards"(NFP 31) are available now. They contribute to a better understanding of the complex nature of the global climate and its specific alpine aspects. This book provides the newest estimations about the impact of temperature and precipitation changes on the environment, the economy and infrastructures. The book also describes the possibilities of political and social actions regarding these changes.
Author : Henry F. Diaz,Martin Beniston,Raymond S. Bradley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401589055
This book provides a unique, in-depth view of past, present and potential future climatic change in mountain regions, and in particular on the mechanisms which are responsible for this change. Other books which focus on environmental change in mountains focus more generally on the impacts of this change on mountain systems, rather than on the regional features of climatic change itself. The book enters into a high level of detail concerning results of international investigations which involve specialists from numerous climate-related disciplines. The book can be used in an academic and research context, for advanced graduate and doctoral students, as well as researchers working in various domains of relevance to climatic change issues. The book also has relevance in the context of future activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in terms of providing up-to-date knowledge of fundamental mechanisms and consequences of climatic change in mountain regions.
Author : Alberto Garrido,Ariel Dinar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135968892
Bringing together a raft of leading experts on water resources, this book explores the major issues facing this major subdivision of international studies. Employing a cross disciplinary perspective from economics, management, politics, law and international relations, water resources are examined from every angle.
Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642587870
This volume covers aspects of numerical modeling of the atmosphere and climate from the microscales of turbulence to the very large scales associated with climate and climatic change. Each of the three major spatio-temporal scales of the atmosphere, namely, the microscale, the mesoscale, and the macroscale is addressed through a hierarchy of models. Results of model simulations are illustrated throughout the text, with many of these examples based on the author's original research work. For each type of model discussed here, the theoretical background, including governing equation sets, simplifying assumptions, and advantages and limits of the models, is provided. The topic of coupled, or nested, modeling systems as a promising approach to air pllution embedded in regional atmospheric flows, as well as to the regional atmospheric response to global climate forcings, is also addressed. An attempt is made throughout the book to highlight the highly interdisciplinary nature of atmospheric modeling, particularly in those sections dealing with climatic change issues.
Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317836025
Mountain environments are often perceived to be austere, isolated, and inhospitable. In fact, these areas are of immense value to mankind, providing direct life support to close to 10 percent of the world's population and sustaining a wide variety of species - many of which are endemic to this environment. 'Environmental Change in Mountains and Uplands' provides detailed account of the fragile and marginal physical and socio-economic systems which make up the world's mountain regions. Discussing the direct and indirect impacts of human interference on environmental ecosystems, it then turns to the social and economic consequences of such environmental change - both upon the mountain environment itself and upon the populations who depend on mountain resources for their economic sustenance. This book includes a review of possible implications for adaption and mitigation strategies in a global context. Working within a broad temporal scale, it draws upon paleoenvironmental records to document past changes which have occured in the absence of major anthropogenic influences, as well as utilising modelling as a means to assessing future environmental change.
Author : Thomas R. Karl,Neville Nicholls,Anver Ghazi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401592659
Are extreme weather events becoming more common? How do extreme weather events impact society? These are critical questions that must be examined as we confront the possibility that the world will experience a change in climate over the next century. Much of the research in climatology over the past decade has focused on potential changes in long- term averages of temperature, precipitation and other factors. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that changes in average values will be accompanied by changes in extreme events. Furthermore, extreme weather events will impact society to a greater extent as people around the world continue to locate in more hazard-prone areas such as coastal zones. This book represents a major step forwards in developing a comprehensive set of information about changes in extreme events by providing a review of the problems in data availability, quality and analysis that make deriving a clear picture of world-wide changes in extreme events so difficult. Audience: The book is intended for policy-makers, professionals, graduate students and others interested in learning how extreme weather events have changed, and how they impact society both now and in the future.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264031692
The first systematic cross-country analysis of snow-reliability of Alpine ski areas under climate change for five countries in the region: France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany.
Author : Romola Parish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317875543
This book breaks the ground in Geographical texts by transcending a strictly regional or topical focus. It presents the opportunities and constraints that mountains and their resources offer to local and global populations; the impacts of environmental and economic change, development and globalisation on mountain environments. Part of the Ecogeography series edited by Richard Hugget
Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402023460
Climatic Change is a rapidly evolving domain that has prompted the publication of numerous scientific works in recent years, reflecting both the public and scientific interest in the topic. This book focuses upon climate processes, variability and change and applies the general principles related to these issues, particularly in Switzerland. Although a small country, Switzerland is characterized by complex topography where climatic processes are often enhanced due to the presence of the Alps. In addition, there is a remarkable density of observational data in both the natural and social sciences that enable a comprehensive assessment of climate processes, their long-term trends and their impacts. This book draws upon recent scientific work by the author, as well as by close colleagues working within scientific networks both in Switzerland and Europe, in order to provide the reader with up-to-date information on climate processes in the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is intended for students from the undergraduate level onwards and researchers interested in climate issues specific to the alpine region.
Author : Riccardo Casale,Claudio Margottini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783642586095
A review of such natural disasters as floods and landslides, highlighting the possibility of safe and correct land planning and management by means of a global approach to territory. Since the events deriving from slope and fluvial dynamics are commonly triggered by the same factor, occur at the same time and are closely related, this book analyses floods and slope stability phenomena as different aspects of the same dynamic system: the drainage basin.
Author : Wolfram Mauser,Monika Prasch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319167510
This book provides an overview of the GLOWA-Danube research project from 2001 to 2011, a transdisciplinary initiative which explores the future of water resources in the Upper Danube Basin. It documents the purpose and unique approach, architecture, methodologies, scenarios and results of the project, creating a scientific knowledge base for the dialogue of stakeholders and scientists. The book offers a possible blueprint for successful global change science through integrative and transdisciplinary co-creation of knowledge and orientation for regional adaptation within the context of the Future Earth research program.
Author : Antonio Navarra,Laurence Tubiana
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400757813
Volume 1 of a three-volume final report describes, synthesizes and analyzes the results of the four-year Integrated Research Project CIRCE – Climate Change and Impact Research: Mediterranean Environment, funded by the EU 6th Framework Programme. Conducted under the auspices of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome, Italy, CIRCE was designed to predict and to quantify the physical impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean, and to assess the most influential consequences for the region’s population. This volume incorporates the first two parts of the report, reviewing current knowledge of observed climate variability and trends in the Mediterranean, and including descriptions of available temperature and precipitation station and gridded data sets.
Author : Uli M. Huber,Harald K.M. Bugmann,Mel A. Reasoner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402035081
This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts in mountain regions. More than sixty contributions from paleoclimatology, cryospheric research, hydrology, ecology, and development studies are compiled in this volume, each with an outlook on future research directions. The book will interest meteorologists, geologists, botanists and climatologists.