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Environmental assessments : scenarios, modelling and policy
Title
Environmental assessments : scenarios, modelling and policy / edited by K.N. Ninan (Chairperson, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India, and Lead Author, Working Group III, Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Geneva, Switzerland); with a foreword by Anne Larigauderie (Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), United Nations, Bonn, Germany).
ISBN
9781788976879 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (288 pages)
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Summary
"In this authoritative book, leading international experts examine the use of scenario analyses and modelling in environmental assessments, highlighting their potential uses in making evidence-based decisions to address the risks and adverse impacts of rapid environmental change such as global warming and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In addition to theoretical and conceptual issues, contributors analyse the latest research on the applications of scenarios and models, and discuss the opportunities and challenges in using them for policy relevant research and action. Chapters include in-depth case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America as well as those with a global or regional focus, providing a comprehensive review of the available tools and frameworks for conducting environmental assessments in diverse contexts. This book offers a roadmap for strengthening the science-policy interface for environmental decision-making. Environmental Assessments will be crucial reading for scholars, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers working in ecological economics and ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate change and natural resources. It will be particularly useful for those working for international and intergovernmental agencies, national governments, businesses and NGOs looking to make informed decisions about responses to environmental change"-- Provided by publisher.
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Elgaronline.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 31, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: Foreword / Anne Larigauderie
preface
1. Introduction / K.N. Ninan
Part I. Theoretical and conceptual issues
2. Developing national scale integrated social-ecological scenarios for Canada's oceans and marine fisheries / Louise S.L. Teh, William W.L. Cheung and U. Rashid Sumaila
3. Improving estimates of the economic effects of climate change in integrated assessment models / Lydia F. Prieg and Dmitry Yumashev
4. Monitoring and projecting land use and land cover change at multiple spatial scales / Isabel M.D. Rosa
Part II. Applications and case studies
5. The future value of ecosystem services: Global scenarios and national implications / Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza, Sharolyn Anderson and Paul Sutton
6. Models and strategies for prioritizing the control of invasive exotic weeds in protected areas: Theoretical and pragmatic challenges / Clement A. Tisdell, Bruce A. Auld and Stephen B. Johnson
7. Modelling the role of livestock intensification and deforestation in brazil's nationally determined contribution on emissions mitigation / Rafael De Oliveira Silva, Luis Gustavo Barioni and Dominic Moran
8. Spatial modelling and bau scenario analysis of cambodian forest / Ram Avtar, Ridhika Aggarwal and Rajesh Bahadur Thapa
9. Climate change and British columbia's staple seafood supply and prices / U. Rashid Sumaila and Vicky W.Y. Lam
10. Key socio-economic drivers for environmental change in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1960: Trends, interactions and impacts / Ramón Pichs-Madruga
11. Ecosystem service assessment and mapping for sustainable management of wetlands in kerala, India / Michael Sinclair, Andrea Ghermandi, Sheela A. Moses and Sabu Joseph
12. The scenario collaboratory: A framework for integrating environmental assessments and scenarios into municipal planning / Liliana Caughman, Noel Plemmons, Fletcher Beaudoin, Michele Crim and Vivek Shandas
13. Participatory modelling in adaptive environmental management: A case study in semi-arid northern nicaragua / Federica Ravera, David Tarrasón, Klaus Hubacek, Roberto Molowny-Horas and Jan Sendzimir
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