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Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : contribution of Working Group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / edited Martin Parry ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - ix, 976 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems -- New assessment methods and the characterisation of future conditions -- Fresh water resources and their management -- Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services -- Food, fibre, and forest products -- Coastal systems and low-lying areas -- Industry, settlement and society -- Human health -- Africa -- Asia -- Australia and New Zealand -- Europe -- Latin America -- North America -- Polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic) -- Small islands -- Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity -- Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation -- Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change -- Perspectives on climate change and sustainability -- Cross-chapter case studies.

ISBN: 9780521880107 (hbk.) 0521880106 (hbk.) 9780521705974 (pbk.) 0521705975 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008295434

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA761817 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013810988 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--Environmental aspects.
Human ecology.
Global environmental change.
Climatic changes--Government policy.
Climatic changes--International cooperation.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Cambios climáticos.

LC Class. No.: QC 981.8 / C639 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 363.738/742