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Climate change : a wicked problem : complexity and uncertainty at the intersection of science, economics, politics and human behavior / Frank P. Incropera, University of Notre Dame.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: xxxii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107521131 (pbk.)
  • 9781107109070 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.73874 INC 23 009875
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Contents:
Foreword Tony Earley; Foreword Bud Peterson; Foreword Arun Majumdar; 1. Energy, economics, and climate change; 2. The earth's climate system; 3. Greenhouse gases; 4. Global warming; 5. Consequences of global warming; 6. Mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering; 7. Public policy options; 8. The politics of global warming: a history lesson and future prospects; 9. Dissenting opinions: the great hoax; 10. The ethics of climate change; 11. A way forward; References; Index.
Summary: A pragmatic, no-holds-barred assessment of climate change, for anyone wishing to be fully informed on the topic.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 363.73874 INC 009875 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 009875

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword Tony Earley; Foreword Bud Peterson; Foreword Arun Majumdar; 1. Energy, economics, and climate change; 2. The earth's climate system; 3. Greenhouse gases; 4. Global warming; 5. Consequences of global warming; 6. Mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering; 7. Public policy options; 8. The politics of global warming: a history lesson and future prospects; 9. Dissenting opinions: the great hoax; 10. The ethics of climate change; 11. A way forward; References; Index.

A pragmatic, no-holds-barred assessment of climate change, for anyone wishing to be fully informed on the topic.

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