Regional Climate Change and Variability

Impacts and Responses

New Horizons in Regional Science series

Edited by Matthias Ruth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of York, UK, Kieran Donaghy, Cornell University, US and Paul Kirshen, Director of Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS) Research and Graduate Education Program and Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, US

In its development of methodologies and their applications to individual regions, this book presents a rich set of insights and a set of guides for investment and policymaking. Each of the six studies focuses on a finer geographic scale than is customary in integrated assessment research. They introduce innovations for impact analysis and contribute to the knowledge of localized experiences of climate change – how it affects a variety of sectors, how different stakeholders perceive its implications and adapt to it, and how decision support systems can promote dialogues between researchers, stakeholders and policymakers.

‘. . . a welcome addition to both the climate change and regional science literature. . .a resource for researchers in the field who are working to bridge the gap between climate research and the needs of local and regional decision makers who will design adaptive strategies in response to climate change. . . having some of the best regional climate impacts work in one place is reason enough to have this book on the shelf.’
——詹姆斯·诺伊曼, Journal of Regional Science