Physical Description:print xxvii, 379 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher:Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-372) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Many Dimensions of Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century -- The History of Climate Change Research from the 1820s -- The Atmospheric Science Aspects of Climate Change -- Impact and Adaptation Assessment Frameworks -- Ecosystem Processes and Climate Change -- The Social Aspects of Climate Change Impacts -- Mitigation Responses to Climate Change: Overview of the Process -- Mitigation Responses to Climate Change: Trading and Investment Mechanisms -- Integrated Assessments of Climate Change --Context: Climate Change and Other Global Environmental Problems -- Conclusion.