Keywords:
Climatic changes.
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (242 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789811041990
Series Statement:
IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4913725
DDC:
333.7140951
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Editorial Committee -- Contents -- List of Maps -- 1 Geography of China -- 1.1 Topography -- 1.2 Climate -- 1.3 Rivers -- 1.4 Vegetation and Soil -- 1.5 Land Use/Land Cover and Eco-Geographical Regionalization -- 1.6 Population and Economy -- 1.7 List of Maps -- References -- 2 Climate Change Projections in the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Data and Method -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Climate Change -- 2.3.2 Intermodel Spread in Climate Changes -- 2.4 Maps -- References -- 3 Heat Health Risks -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Method -- 3.2.1 High Temperature Days and Heat Waves -- 3.2.2 Population Vulnerability -- 3.2.3 Population Mortality Hazard -- 3.2.4 Population Exposure -- 3.2.5 Population Mortality Risk -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Spatiotemporal Distribution of High Temperature and Heat Waves -- 3.3.2 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Population Mortality Hazard -- 3.3.3 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Population Mortality Risk -- 3.3.4 Uncertainty Analysis in High Temperature Over 2071-2099 for RCP8.5 -- 3.4 Maps -- References -- 4 Agricultural Risks -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Method -- 4.3 Results -- 4.3.1 Simulated Crop Yield and Agricultural Production in 1981-2010 -- 4.3.2 Risk of Crop Yield and Agricultural Production Under Climate Change -- 4.3.3 Model Spread and Uncertainty -- 4.4 Maps -- References -- 5 Ecological Risks -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Method -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Relative Change of NPP and Risk Ecological Risk Under Climate Change -- 5.3.2 Model Spread and Uncertainty -- 5.4 Maps -- References -- 6 Integrated Environmental Risks -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methodology -- 6.3 Results -- 6.4 Maps -- References -- Appendix -- Further Readings.
