Climatic Change in the Intra-Americas Sea - Book

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.contributor.otherMaul, George
dc.coverage.spatialBahamas
dc.coverage.spatialMexico
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-08T22:31:29Z
dc.date.available2019-08-08T22:31:29Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionThis book provides the first expert and comprehensive account of the implications that global warming and sea-level rise will have on the ecosystems and socio- economic structure in the marine and coastal regions of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda and the Northeast Coast of South America. Coverage is given to such topics as modelling future climatic change, physical process and effects, ecological effects, and socio-economic effects including the impact on human health. Climatic change in the Intra-Americas sea uniquely brings together authoritative accounts from oceanographers, meteorologists, ecologists and social scientists as part of a project covered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO It is designed for all those sociologists, scientists, students, politicians and policy makers who increasingly need to know about the detailed effects of climatic change on people and places. The first full study of climatic change impact in the Intra-Americas Sea, the book contains broad and integrated coverage on both natural and man-made environments, and features: an unique chapter on exploratory PC-based modelling: of socio-economic impacts on climatic change.en
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dc.identifier.isbn0-340-58981-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29289
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number411 p.
dc.publisherEdward Arnold
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectatmosphere
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectCaribbean region
dc.subjectclimatology
dc.subjectcoastal area
dc.subjectcoral reef
dc.subjectenvironmental aspect
dc.subjectenvironmental health
dc.subjectglobal warming
dc.subjecthurricane
dc.subjectmangrove swamp
dc.subjectmarine ecosystem
dc.subjectmeteorology
dc.subjectoceanography
dc.subjectprecipitation
dc.subjectsea level
dc.subjectNorth Atlantic Ocean
dc.subjectSouth America
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.titleClimatic Change in the Intra-Americas Sea - Booken
dc.typeTechnical report

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