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Economic Risks of Climate Change : : An American Prospectus / / Kate Larsen, Robert Kopp, Solomon Hsiang, Trevor Houser, Paul Wilson, James Rising, D. J. Rasmussen, Robert Muir-Wood, Shashank Mohan, Michael Mastrandrea, Amir Jina, Michael Delgado.

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Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate mo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Houser, Trevor,
Delgado, Michael,
Hsiang, Solomon,
Jina, Amir,
Kopp, Robert,
Mastrandrea, Michael,
Mohan, Shashank,
Muir-Wood, Robert,
Rasmussen, D. J.,
Rising, James,
Wilson, Paul,
TeilnehmendeR:
Bloomberg, Michael.
Paulson, Henry.
Steyer, Thomas.
MitwirkendeR:
Delgado, Michael,
Fisher-Vanden, Karen,
Greenstone, Michael,
Heal, Geoffrey,
Hsiang, Solomon,
Jina, Amir,
Kopp, Robert,
Mohan, Shashank,
Muir-Wood, Robert,
Oppenheimer, Michael,
Rasmussen, D.J.,
Rising, James,
Stern, Nicholas,
Ward, Bob,
Wilson, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; ‹B›120 color figures‹/B›
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1. AMERICA'S CLIMATE FUTURE
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 2. WHAT WE KNOW
  • 3. WHAT COMES NEXT
  • 4. U.S. CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
  • PART 2. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AMERICA'S CHANGING CLIMATE
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 5. AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
  • 6. AGRICULTURE
  • 7. LABOR
  • 8. HEALTH
  • 9. CRIME
  • 10. ENERGY
  • 11. COASTAL COMMUNITIES
  • PART 3. PRICING CLIMATE RISK
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 12. FROM IMPACTS TO ECONOMICS
  • 13. DIRECT COSTS AND BENEFITS
  • 14. MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS
  • 15. VALUING RISK AND INEQUALITY OF DAMAGES
  • PART 4. UNQUANTIFIED IMPACTS
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 16. WHAT WE MISS
  • 17. WATER
  • 18. FORESTS
  • 19. TOURISM
  • 20. NATIONAL SECURITY
  • PART 5. INSIGHTS FOR CLIMATE-RISK MANAGEMENT
  • OPENING COMMENTARY
  • 21. MITIGATION
  • 22. ADAPTATION
  • TECHNICAL APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX A. PHYSICAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
  • APPENDIX B. CLIMATE IMPACTS
  • APPENDIX C. DETAILED SECTORAL MODELS
  • APPENDIX D. INTEGRATED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
  • APPENDIX E. VALUING RISK AND UNEQUAL IMPACTS
  • REFERENCES
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX

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