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Summary
Summary
'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic changes in climatic environments.
Applied Climatology examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors from Europe, North America and Australasia examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and development of physical biological environments including glaciers, water resources, landforms, soils, vegetation and animals.
Weather and climate effects day-to-day activities and lifestyles from the clothes we wear to the buildings we design, and the food and energy we produce. This book focusses on the relationship between climate and a wide range of human activities and responses relating to health and comfort, building design, transport systems, agriculture and fisheries, tourism and social, industrial and legal issues.
Climate-environment relationships and impacts on human activities are predicted to change dramatically if global warming accelerates at the rates currently proposed. Applied Climatology examines the characteristics and consequences of the changing global climate and considers the future for both natural and human environments.
Author Notes
Allen Perry (Author) , Russell Thompson (Author) , Russell Thompson (Author)
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This book is concerned with the application and impact of climate on a variety of systems and on a variety of time-scales. It is principally concerned with atmospheric "climate"; the climate of the world's oceans is only briefly noted. Most of the authors of the 25 chapters (some coauthored) are from the UK, US, Canada, or Australia. After an introduction, which defines the aims and scope of the book, the remaining 24 chapters are organized in five sections: "Applied Climatology: The 'Tools' of Research"; "Climate and the Physical/Biological Environments"; "Climate and the Cultural Environment"; "The Changing Climatic Environments"; and "Conclusions and Synthesis." Subject/geographic index; chapter references. A suitable work for intermediate-level undergraduate students studying geography and a companion work for global change study. J. T. Andrews University of Colorado at Boulder
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xxii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xxiv |
| 1 Introduction: the Emergence of Applied Climatology and Climate Impact Assessment | p. 1 |
| Part 1 Applied Climatology: the 'tools' of Research | p. 11 |
| 2 Ground and Remotely Sensed Measurements | p. 13 |
| 3 Statistical Considerations | p. 22 |
| References | p. 34 |
| 4 Climate Models | p. 36 |
| 5 Atmospheric Resource Management | p. 51 |
| Part 2 Climate and the Physical/ Biological Environments | p. 63 |
| 6 Hydrological Processes and Water Resources | p. 65 |
| 7 Glaciers | p. 74 |
| References | p. 87 |
| 8 Geomorphic Processes and Landforms | p. 89 |
| 9 Soils | p. 111 |
| 10 Vegetation | p. 123 |
| References | p. 139 |
| 11 Animal Responses to Climate | p. 141 |
| Part 3 Climate and the Cultural Environments | p. 153 |
| 12 Comfort, Clothing and Health | p. 155 |
| References | p. 171 |
| 13 Town Planning, Architecture and Building | p. 175 |
| 14 Industry and Commerce | p. 187 |
| References | p. 197 |
| 15 Transport Systems | p. 198 |
| References | p. 214 |
| 16 Agriculture and Fisheries | p. 215 |
| 17 Forestry | p. 228 |
| 18 Recreation and Tourism | p. 240 |
| 19 Political, Social and Legal Aspects of Climate | p. 249 |
| 20 The Energy Sector | p. 256 |
| References | p. 269 |
| Part 4 The Changing Climatic Environments | p. 271 |
| 21 Urban Climates and Global Environmental Change | p. 273 |
| References | p. 286 |
| 22 Air Pollution | p. 288 |
| 23 Climatic Extremes as a Hazard to Humans | p. 304 |
| 24 Climate Change, History and the Future | p. 317 |
| References | p. 324 |
| Part 5 Overview | p. 327 |
| 25 Conclusions and Synthesis | p. 329 |
| References | p. 340 |
| Index | p. 341 |
