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Global Warming and Agriculture : Impact Estimates by Country.
Title:
Global Warming and Agriculture : Impact Estimates by Country.
Author:
Cline, William R.
ISBN:
9780881324808
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (203 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- Main Features of the Book -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter 2 Brief Survey of Existing Literature -- Chapter 3 Key Issues: Carbon Fertilization, Irrigation, and Trade -- Carbon Fertilization -- The Irrigation Question -- Trade as Moderator? -- Chapter 4 Country-Level Climate Projections -- The Climate Models -- Country-Level Climate Results: Present Day and for 2070-99 -- Chapter 5 Country-Level Agricultural Impact Estimates -- Mendelsohn-Schlesinger Agricultural Response Functions -- Mendelsohn-Schlesinger Estimates for the United States -- Ricardian Estimates for Developing Countries and Canada -- Sensitivity to Climate Models -- Rosenzweig et al. Crop Model Results -- Synthesis of Preferred Estimates -- Comparison to Estimates in the Model-Source Studies -- Chapter 6 Dynamic Considerations -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Appendix A Standardizing Global Grids of Climate Change Data -- Appendix B Mapping Grid Cells to Countries -- Description of the Global Popluation Distribution Database -- Mapping from 1 Degree Cell Assignments to National Climate Data -- Appendix C Calculating the Geographical Area of the Grid Cell -- Appendix D Definitions of Countries, Regions, and Subzones -- Appendix E Estimating Farm Area and Agricultural Output by Country, Region, and Subzone -- Agricultural Output -- Geographical Versus Farm Land Area -- Subzone Farm Area and Output -- Estimates -- Appendix F Country-Level Results with the Mendelsohn-Schesinger Functions -- Reduced Form Results -- Cross-Section (Ricardian) Results -- Appendix G Ricardian Models for India, Africa, and Latin America -- Appendix H Monthly Climate Data, 1961-90 and 2070-99 -- Appendix I Dispersion of Climate Projections Across General Circulation Models -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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