Spatial impacts of climate change / coordinated by Denis Mercier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercier, Denis.

Contributor:

Mercier, Denis, 1969-

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Sciences (Editions Eshel). Geography and demography.

Sciences, Geography and demography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Remote sensing.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE, Ltd. ; Hoboken : Wiley, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: Spatial Impacts of Climate Change: Multi-scale Issues

1.1. The impact of contemporary climate change on forest fires in Australia in 2019-2020: a systemic approach

1.2. The impacts of contemporary climate change: a multi-scalar approach

I.3. References

1 Climate Change at Different Temporal and Spatial Scales

1.1. Contemporary global climate change

1.2. Contemporary Arctic-wide climate change

1.3. Future global climate change

1.4. Future Arctic-wide climate change

1.5. The causes of climate change

1.5.1. Solar radiation

1.5.2. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions

1.5.3. Volcanism

1.5.4. Albedo and the radiation balance

1.6. Conclusion

1.7. References

2 Climate Change and the Melting Cryosphere

2.1. Introduction

2.2. The sensitivity of the cryosphere to climate change

2.3. Melting of the marine cryosphere

2.3.1. The melting of the Arctic sea ice

2.3.2. Antarctic sea ice

2.4. Melting of the Earth's cryosphere

2.4.1. Melting ice sheets

2.4.2. The melting of mountain glaciers

2.4.3. Decreasing permafrost

2.4.4. Melting snow

2.5. Consequences of the melting cryosphere

2.5.1. On a global scale: rising sea levels

2.5.2. Regionally: paraglacial risks

2.6. Conclusion

2.7. References

3 Between Warming and Globalization: Rethinking the Arctic at the Heart of a Stakes System

3.1. Spatial impacts of climate change in the Arctic

3.1.1. Clarifying the terms of the subject in their polar contexts

3.2. The manufacture of polar issues, between global warming and globalization

3.2.1. Warming and space production, a decade of confusion off the Arctic coasts

3.2.2. Three interacting contexts

3.3. The production of polar doctrines: rhetoric and frameworks for action

3.3.1. Factors of convergence and consensus

3.3.2. Differentiation factors

3.3.3. The strategic dimensions of Arctic policies, the complex issue of polar militarization

3.4. Geography of a new system of stakeholder relations in the Arctic

3.5. Conclusion: polar metamorphisms

3.6. References

4 Coastlines with Increased Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Coastlines under the influence of sea-level rise

4.2.1. The pressures of climate change on coastlines

4.2.2. Consequences of sea-level rise on coastlines

4.3. Increasingly attractive coastlines for societies

4.3.1. The coastalization process

4.3.2. A densification of activities on the coastlines

4.3.3. A closer approach to the sea

4.4. Towards the necessary adaptation of coastal areas

4.4.1. The coastline, an area at risk

4.4.2. Possible coping strategies

4.4.3. The example of the Netherlands

4.5. Which coastline for tomorrow?

4.6. References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

5 The Consequences of Climate Change on the Paraglacial Sedimentary Cascade.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Mercier, Denis Spatial Impacts of Climate Change

ISBN:

9781119817925

1119817927

9781119817918

1119817919

Publisher Number:

99988331242

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