Engineering response to climate change / edited by Robert G. Watts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watts, Robert G., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Standardized Title:

Engineering response to global climate change.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Environmental engineering.

Ecological engineering.

Global environmental change.

Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.

Greenhouse gases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 502 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Lewis Publishers, 2013.

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

PREFACE In June 1991, we convened the Workshop on the Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda. Approximately 70 scientists and engineers spent 4 days discussing what research was necessary in order to identify the causes and the extent of climatic change, to assess its consequences, and to prepare for mitigative and adaptive measures. Seven working groups were established: Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases; Energy Demand, Energy Supply; Agricultural and Biological Systems; Water Resources; Coastal Hazards; and Geo-engineering. Each working group was asked to identify a set of goals and a set of approaches to accomplish these goals. Common goals and approaches were then identified, and small, interdisciplinary groups were convened to expand upon the various approaches. Some chapters of the present book are updates of chapters from the book Engineering Response to Global Climate Change that was published in 1997. However, in a real sense it is a new book. Several chapters introduce new material. Even so, the general idea is the same: the climate/energy problem has become largely an engineering problem. The book is more about what we as engineers can do to prevent, mitigate, or adapt to climate change. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1 - The Fifth Revolution; Chapter 2 - Radiatively Important Atmospheric Constituents; Chapter 3 - Scenarios of Future Socio-Economics, Energy, Land Use, and Radiative Forcing; Chapter 4 - Understanding Sea Level Rise and Coastal Hazards; Chapter 5 - Water Resources; Chapter 6 - Energy Demand, Efficiency, and Conservation; Chapter 7 - Renewable Electricity; Chapter 8 - The Future of Energy from Nuclear Fission; Chapter 9 - Energy from Nuclear Fusion

Chapter 10 - Energy from Space for Sustainable Commercial Power for EarthChapter 11 - Adapting to Climate Change; Chapter 12 - Climate Engineering: Impact Reducer or Suffering Inducer?; Back Cover

Notes:

Revised edition of: Engineering response to global climate change. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Watts, Robert G. Engineering Response to Climate Change

ISBN:

9780429111853

0429111851

9781439888476

1439888477

OCLC:

851761721