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FROM VOLUME 10, NUMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 1997
BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS...
IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION
Information given in the annotations is frequently taken from
publishers' promotional literature. Prices and page numbers may be
approximate; contact publisher for details and additional information on
content. Publishers are named in parentheses at the end of each citation;
addresses when known are listed at the end of this section. In most cases,
books advertised by publishers with an expected publication date are not
listed here until actually in print.
Outlook 97-Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1--Commodity Markets and
Natural Resources. Vol. 2 -- Agriculture. Vol. 3 -- Minerals and Energy,
1997, $250 (three volumes), $95 per volume, $20 per session (ABARE).
This proceedings represents Australia's most significant forum for
discussing impacts on its commodity-based industries. Volume 1 contains a
session on climate change.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Interim Results from
the U.S. Country Studies Program, J.B. Smith, S. Huq et al., Eds., 404
pp., $156 (Kluwer).
Covers research in 13 countries from the Africa, Asian-Pacific, Eastern
European and Latin American regions, with assessments of agriculture,
grasslands, forests, water resources, and coastal resources. Reviewed with
a lengthy summary by D. Harvey in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., pp.
924-926, May 1997.
Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific,
L. Erda at al., 249 pp., 1996, $115 (Kluwer).
A collection of 20 peer-reviewed papers originally presented at a
workshop with the same title (Jan. 1996, Manila). Includes conclusions and
The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh,
R.A. Warrick, Q.K. Ahmad, Eds., 432 pp., 1996, $164 (Kluwer).
Presents the results of a national assessment on the effects of global
warming for the regional climate and sea level, and the possible effects
on natural resources and socioeconomic systems.
Climate Variability and Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation,
I. Nemesová, Ed., 394 pp., 1996 (Czech Acad. Sci.)
Climate Change and Rice, S. Peng, K.T. Ingram et al., Eds., 375
pp., 1995, DM 148 (Springer).
The results of a cooperative research program organized and financed by
the International Rice Research Institute and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. Assesses the effects of climate change on rice plant
growth and production, and the effect of flooded rice cropping on
greenhouse gas emissions. Reviewed by W. Futang in Global Environ.
Change, pp. 180-181, July 1997, who concludes that the issues
addressed in the book are of profound relevance and significance.
Climate Change: Impact on Coastal Habitation, D. Eisma, Ed., 272
pp., 1995, $79.95 (CRC).
Considers natural and anthropogenic changes in temperature,
precipitation and sea level with respect to a variety of coastal features.
Agriculture and Environmental Change; Temporal and Spatial Dimensions,
A.M. Mannion, 405 pp., 1995, $45 pbk. (Wiley).
An extension of the author's earlier study of agricultural development.
First defines the complex nature of agriculture in the context of
environmental constraints, social stimuli and its temporal dimension. Also
covers the environmental impact of agriculture on low, middle and high
latitudes, and new developments in agriculture. Reviewed by D. Pimentel in
Ecol. Econ., pp. 189-191, Nov. 1996, who recommends the book for
advanced students in several fields; it is a well written, balanced
presentation of past and present day agriculture.
Reviews of Previous Entries: Impacts
Food, Climate and Carbon Dioxide: The Global Environment and World
Food Production, S. Wittwer, 1995, $69.96 (CRC Press). (See Global
Climate Change Digest, BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS, IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE,
Reviewed by R. Darwin in Global Environ. Change, 183-184, July
1997, who calls it an interesting, but often exasperating book, and offers
several specific positive and negative criticisms.
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