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Spatial impacts of climate change /

Climate change has been a central concern over recent years, with visible and highly publicized consequences such as melting Arctic ice and mountain glaciers, rising sea levels, and the submersion of low-lying coastal areas during mid-latitude and tropical cyclones.This book presents a review of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mercier, Denis, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Hoboken : ISTE, Ltd. ; Wiley, 2021.
Series:Sciences (Editions Eshel). Geography and demography.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Remote sensing.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Spatial Impacts of Climate Change: Multi-scale Issues
  • 1.1. The impact of contemporary climate change on forest fires in Australia in 2019-2020: a systemic approach
  • 1.2. The impacts of contemporary climate change: a multi-scalar approach
  • I.3. References
  • 1 Climate Change at Different Temporal and Spatial Scales
  • 1.1. Contemporary global climate change
  • 1.2. Contemporary Arctic-wide climate change
  • 1.3. Future global climate change
  • 1.4. Future Arctic-wide climate change
  • 1.5. The causes of climate change
  • 1.5.1. Solar radiation
  • 1.5.2. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
  • 1.5.3. Volcanism
  • 1.5.4. Albedo and the radiation balance
  • 1.6. Conclusion
  • 1.7. References
  • 2 Climate Change and the Melting Cryosphere
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The sensitivity of the cryosphere to climate change
  • 2.3. Melting of the marine cryosphere
  • 2.3.1. The melting of the Arctic sea ice
  • 2.3.2. Antarctic sea ice
  • 2.4. Melting of the Earth's cryosphere
  • 2.4.1. Melting ice sheets
  • 2.4.2. The melting of mountain glaciers
  • 2.4.3. Decreasing permafrost
  • 2.4.4. Melting snow
  • 2.5. Consequences of the melting cryosphere
  • 2.5.1. On a global scale: rising sea levels
  • 2.5.2. Regionally: paraglacial risks
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • 2.7. References
  • 3 Between Warming and Globalization: Rethinking the Arctic at the Heart of a Stakes System
  • 3.1. Spatial impacts of climate change in the Arctic
  • 3.1.1. Clarifying the terms of the subject in their polar contexts
  • 3.2. The manufacture of polar issues, between global warming and globalization
  • 3.2.1. Warming and space production, a decade of confusion off the Arctic coasts
  • 3.2.2. Three interacting contexts
  • 3.3. The production of polar doctrines: rhetoric and frameworks for action
  • 3.3.1. Factors of convergence and consensus
  • 3.3.2. Differentiation factors
  • 3.3.3. The strategic dimensions of Arctic policies, the complex issue of polar militarization
  • 3.4. Geography of a new system of stakeholder relations in the Arctic
  • 3.5. Conclusion: polar metamorphisms
  • 3.6. References
  • 4 Coastlines with Increased Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Coastlines under the influence of sea-level rise
  • 4.2.1. The pressures of climate change on coastlines
  • 4.2.2. Consequences of sea-level rise on coastlines
  • 4.3. Increasingly attractive coastlines for societies
  • 4.3.1. The coastalization process
  • 4.3.2. A densification of activities on the coastlines
  • 4.3.3. A closer approach to the sea
  • 4.4. Towards the necessary adaptation of coastal areas
  • 4.4.1. The coastline, an area at risk
  • 4.4.2. Possible coping strategies
  • 4.4.3. The example of the Netherlands
  • 4.5. Which coastline for tomorrow?
  • 4.6. References