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9780195088892

Climate Change and the Global Harvest Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195088892

  • ISBN10:

    0195088891

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $37.33

Summary

This book analyzes and elucidates the nature of predictable changes on theworld's agricultural system caused by the so-called greenhouse effect. Its aimis to educate students at the undergraduate level about how the climatic factorsaffecting agriculture may be modified in the future, and what practicaladaptations might be undertaken to prevent or overcome any possible adverseimpacts on our ability to feed the world's population. The book draws onseveral complimentary disciplines, including atmospheric science, hydrology,soil science, crop physiology, and resource economics, and integrates therelevant aspects of these fields.

Table of Contents

Prologue Climate Change: Portent and Challenge 3(4)
1 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
7(31)
2 Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
38(32)
3 Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and Crop Yields
70(31)
4 Effects on Weeds, Insects, and Diseases
101(22)
5 The Role of Soil Resources
123(17)
6 Water Resources and Sea-Level Rise
140(21)
7 Analysis of Climate Change Impacts
161(26)
8 Regions at Risk
187(30)
9 Global Assessments and Future Food Security
217(28)
10 Adaptation, Economics, and Policy
245(16)
Epilogue The Global Harvest: A Summation 261(4)
Notes 265(4)
Bibliography 269(36)
Figure Credits 305(8)
Index 313

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