Climate Change Impacts for the Conterminous USA
Subtitle: An Integrated Assessment
Contributors: Norman J. Rosenberg (Editor); James A. Edmonds (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781402032554
Subjects: Climatology; Environmental Studies; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Environmental Science; Climatic Change; Economic Impacts; Science / Environmental Science; Science-Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Simulation modelling; Unmanaged ecosystems; Water resources; Climatic changes; Crops and climate; United States
First sentence: A decade ago this journal published a special issue "Towards an Integrated Impact Assessment of Climate Change: The MINK Study" (Rosenberg, ed., 1993), an early attempt to explore the possible impacts of climate change on the resources, resource-based industries and economy of a distinct and important agricultural region of the United States (Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas or simply MINK).