Climate of the Southeast United States Variability, Change, Impacts, and Vulnerability /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ingram, Keith T. (Editor), Dow, Kirstin. (Editor), Carter, Lynne. (Editor), Anderson, Julie. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Series: NCA Regional Input Reports
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Agriculture.; Environmental health.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Urbanism.; Environmental Health.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage,Climate of the Southeast United States is the result of a collaboration among three Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Centers: the Southeast Climate Consortium; the Carolin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Climate Change in the Southeast USA: Executive Summary
• 2. Climate of the Southeast USA: Past, Present and Future
• 3. Human Health and Climate Change in the Southeast USA
• 4. Energy Production, Use, and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Southeast USA
• 5. Climate Interactions with the Built Environment in the Southeast USA
• 6. Climate Change and Transportation in the Southeast USA
• 7. Agriculture and Climate Change in the Southeast USA
• 8. Forests and Climate Change in the Southeast USA
• 9. Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Southeast USA
• 10. Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Water Resources in the Southeast USA
• 11. The Effects of Climate Change on Natural Ecosystems of the Southeast USA
• 12. Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Southeast USA
• 13. Climate Adaptations in the Southeast USA
• 14. Southeast USA Regional Climate Extension, Outreach, Education and Training.