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Title:
Climate change in the Great Lakes region : navigating an uncertain future / edited by Thomas Dietz and David Bidwell.
Publisher:
Michigan State University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
269 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Climatic changes--Great Lakes Region (North America)
Great Lakes Region (North America)--Environmental conditions.
Other Authors:
Dietz, Thomas.
Bidwell, David, 1969-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Thinking about climate change in the Great Lakes region -- Pt. 1. Effects of climate change in the Great Lakes region -- Historical climate trends in Michigan and the Great Lakes region / Jeffrey Andresen -- Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for Great Lakes nearshore and coastal systems / Scudder Mackey -- Climate change and biodiversity in the Great Lakes region: From "Fingerprints" of change to helping safeguard species / Kimberly Hall / Terry Root -- Pt. 2. Decision making and climate change -- Decision making under climate uncertainty: The power of understanding judgement and decision processes / Sabine Marx / Elke Weber -- Agricultural adaptation to climate change: Is uncertain information usable knowledge? / William Easterling / Clark Seipt / Adam Terando / Xianzeng Niu -- Adapting to climate change in the context of multiple risks: A case study of cash crop farming in Ontario / Ben Bradshaw / Suzanne Belliveau / Barry Smit -- Pt. 3. Adaptation tools and case studies -- The contextual importance of uncertainty in climate-sensitive decision-making: Toward an integrative decision-centered screening tool / Susanne Moser -- Linking science to decision making in the Great Lakes region / Joel Scheraga -- The development and communication of an ensemble of local-scale climate scenarios: An example from the Pileus project / Julie Winkler / Jeanne Bisanz / Galina Guentchev / Krerk Piromsopa / Jenni van Ravensway / Haryono Prawiranata / Ryan Torre / Hai Kyung Min / Johnathan Clark -- Preparing for climate change in the Great Lakes region
ISBN:
1611860121 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611860122 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707023021
LCCN:
2011008830
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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