Climate change in the Midwest : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / edited by S.C. Pryor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pryor, S. C., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Middle West.

Climatic changes--Environmental aspects--Middle West.

Climatic changes--Risk assessment--Middle West.

Plants--Effect of global warming on--Middle West.

Vegetation and climate.

Water levels--Great Lakes (North America).

Middle West--Climate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The research presented in this volume focuses on identifying and quantifying the major vulnerabilities to climate change in the Midwestern United States. By providing state-of-the-art spatially disaggregated information regarding the historical, current, and possible future climate within the region, the contributors assess the risks and susceptibility of the critical socio-economic and environmental systems. Key sectors discussed are agriculture, human health, water, energy and infrastructure, and the vulnerabilities that may be amplified under current climate trajectories. The book also c

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation: An Introduction; 2 The Midwestern United States: Socioeconomic Context and Physical Climate; 3 Vulnerability and Adaptability of Agricultural Systems in the Southeast United States to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 4 Uncertainty and Hysteresis in Adapting to Global Climate Change; 5 Climate-Agriculture Vulnerability Assessment for the Midwestern United States

6 Potential Future Impacts of Climate on Row Crop Production in the Great Lakes Region7 Vulnerability of Soil Carbon Reservoirs in the Midwest to Climate Change; 8 Michigan's Tart Cherry Industry: Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change; 9 Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Health; 10 Intra-Urban Variations in Vulnerability Associated with Extreme Heat Events in Relationship to a Changing Climate; 11 Historical and Projected Changes in Human Heat Stress in the Midwestern United States

12 Vulnerability of the Electricity and Water Sectors to Climate Change in the Midwest13 The Drought Risk Management Paradigm in the Context of Climate Change; 14 Local Adaptation to Changing Flood Vulnerability in the Midwest; 15 The Response of Great Lakes Water Levels and Potential Impacts of Future Climate Scenarios; 16 Vulnerability of the Energy System to Extreme Wind Speeds and Icing; 17 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in the Midwestern United States: What Next?; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-88949-8

0-253-00774-7

OCLC:

827777876