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Climate change impacts on tropical forests in Central America : an ecosystem service perspective / edited by Aline Chiabai.
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- Book
- Series:
- Earthscan forest library
- The Earthscan forest library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Central America.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Central America.
- Rain forest ecology--Central America.
- Rain forest ecology.
- Forest biodiversity--Central America.
- Forest biodiversity.
- Forest degradation--Central America.
- Forest degradation.
- Ecosystem services--Central America.
- Ecosystem services.
- Environmental conditions.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Central America--Environmental conditions.
- Central America.
- Central America--Economic conditions--1979-.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction / Aline Chiabai
- Part I. Central American tropical forests, ecosystem services and human wellbeing
- An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of Central America / Lenin Corrales, Claudia Bouroncle, and Juan Carlos Zamora
- Ecosystem services in tropical forests : contribution to human well-being and implications for economic valuation / Aline Chiabai
- Part II. Impacts of climate and land-use changes in Central American tropical forests
- Impacts of climate change on ecosystem hydrological services of Central America : water availability / Pablo Imbach, Bruno Locatelli, Juan Carlos Zamora, Emily Fung, Lluis Calderer, Luis Molina and Philippe Ciais
- Climate change impacts on the water services in Costa Rica : a production function for the hydro-energy sector / Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Aline Chiabai and Juan Carlos Zamora
- Climate change economic impacts on water and recreation services in Central American forests / Elena Ojea, Juan Carlos Zamora, Julia Martin-Ortega and Pablo Imbach
- Cost-Benefit analysis of alternative land-use scenarios : a sustainability study for the Volcanic Central Talamanca Biological Corridor / Helen Ding, Aline Chiabai and Diego Tobar
- Part III. Economic assessment, adaptation options and policy implications
- The role of economic valuation of ecosystem services in an interdisciplinary context / Anil Markandya
- Ecosystem-based adaptation : natural responses to climate change impacts / Giacomo Fedele, Raffaele Vignola and Marco Otarola.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781317961505
- 1317961501
- Publisher Number:
- 99964008410
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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