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Alcamo, Joseph.

Environmental futuresthe practice of environmental scenario analysis /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Environmental futuresedited by Joseph Alcamo.
Reminder of title:	the practice of environmental scenario analysis /
other author:	Alcamo, Joseph.
Published:	Amsterdam ;Elsevier,2008.
Description:	xiv, 197 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
Subject:	Environmental sciencesSimulation methods.
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780444532930

Environmental futuresthe practice of environmental scenario analysis /
Environmental futuresthe practice of environmental scenario analysis /[electronic resource] :edited by Joseph Alcamo. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ;Elsevier,2008. - xiv, 197 p. :ill. ;25 cm. - Developments in integrated environmental assessment ;v. 2. - Developments in integrated environmental assessment ;v. 3..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface. 1.Introduction. 2. Towards Guidelines of Environmental Scenario Analysis. 3. Environmental Scenarios. A Survey. 4. Searching for the Future of Land: Scenarios from the Local to Global Scale. 5. Participation in Building Environmental Scenarios. 6. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Scenarios of the Environment. 7. Scale Issues in Environmental Scenarios Development. 8. Trend Discontinuities and Surprises in Environmental Scenarios. 9. Closing Chapter.

As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the key tools for bridging environmental science and policy. This is the first book to sum up the current practice of environmental scenario analysis and to propose directions for improving its quality and effectiveness.

Electronic reproduction.
Amsterdam :
Elsevier Science & Technology,
2009.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780444532930

Source: 154126:154286Elsevier Science & Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

454527
Environmental sciences
--Simulation methods.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GE45.D37 / E58 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 363.70011

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