Engineering Response to Climate Change
Editat de Robert G. Wattsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 mar 2013
The editors set the stage by discussing the separate issues of the emissions of radiatively important atmospheric constituents, energy demand, energy supply, agriculture, water resources, coastal hazards, adaption strategies, and geo-engineering. They explain the difference between the natural and human drivers of climate change and describe how humans have influenced the global climate during past decades. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions, calculations, and possible research topics.
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- New conceptual tools and research necessary for problems associated with fossil fuels
- Cutting-edge topics such as adaption and geo-engineering
- The latest concerns such as acidification of the ocean, energy efficiency, transportation, and space solar power
- Solutions to problems caused by changes in the Earth’s climate
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781439888469
ISBN-10: 1439888469
Pagini: 520
Ilustrații: 150 color images, 20 tables and Approx 30 equations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
ISBN-10: 1439888469
Pagini: 520
Ilustrații: 150 color images, 20 tables and Approx 30 equations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Public țintă
Companies, organizations, and government agencies involved in energy demand and supply; environmental consultants designing and implementing energy engineering projects; academics, undergraduate, and graduate students studying energy and the environment, environmental policy and regulation, and resource management; and engineers working in the fields of energy and renewable energy.Cuprins
Radiatively Important Atmospheric Constituents. Weather and Climate. Climate Change and the Energy Connection. Energy Use. Energy Efficiency. Future of Fossil Fuels. Future of Nuclear Fission. Renewable Energy. Transportation. Fusion. Materials. Scenarios for the Future of Energy Use. Coastal Issues and Sea Level. Water Resources. Agriculture and Biological Systems. Adapting to Climate Change. Climate Engineering-Impact Reducer or Suffer Inducer?
Recenzii
"This updated edition (1st ed., 1997) provides an excellent contemporary survey of the engineering challenges and potential solutions to pending climate changes resulting from anthropogenic effects on the planet's climate processes. The contributing authors and their respective affiliated organizations read as a "who's who" and "where's where" of leadership in engineering for climate change. The content is technically advanced and detailed, with good graphics and relevant illustrations. … the book can serve well as a reference source or textbook for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level engineering course focused on engineering responses to climate change. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty."
— S. R. Walk, Old Dominion University, CHOICE, February 2014
"... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved, in all respects."
—Michael Tobis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"… an important and timely update of the first edition … not only important for its presentation of the scientific basis of global warming, but also by the fact that it does not ignore the publication of a group of scientists generally referred to as ‘deniers.’ Although it may be convenient to disregard the deniers’ perspective because they represent only a small number of scientists who do not believe in man-made causes for global warming, the position of those deniers gives food to politicians and certain industrial enterprises such as coal and oil industries that benefit financially by delaying any effective action to reduce global warming. … written by some outstanding engineers from many parts of the world and provide some ideas on what mankind can do to make our planet a habitable place for future generations."
—Frank Kreith, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
Praise for the First Edition
"If you have a genuine interest in climate change issues you may wish to make a serious effort to find this book ... focuses on realistic responses and realistic time frames ... Rigorous arguments are presented, not avoiding recourse to mathematics, chemistry, and physics ... substantial space is given both to energy demand reduction and to geo-engineering solutions ... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved, in all respects."
—Michael Tobis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
— S. R. Walk, Old Dominion University, CHOICE, February 2014
"... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved, in all respects."
—Michael Tobis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"… an important and timely update of the first edition … not only important for its presentation of the scientific basis of global warming, but also by the fact that it does not ignore the publication of a group of scientists generally referred to as ‘deniers.’ Although it may be convenient to disregard the deniers’ perspective because they represent only a small number of scientists who do not believe in man-made causes for global warming, the position of those deniers gives food to politicians and certain industrial enterprises such as coal and oil industries that benefit financially by delaying any effective action to reduce global warming. … written by some outstanding engineers from many parts of the world and provide some ideas on what mankind can do to make our planet a habitable place for future generations."
—Frank Kreith, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
Praise for the First Edition
"If you have a genuine interest in climate change issues you may wish to make a serious effort to find this book ... focuses on realistic responses and realistic time frames ... Rigorous arguments are presented, not avoiding recourse to mathematics, chemistry, and physics ... substantial space is given both to energy demand reduction and to geo-engineering solutions ... addresses the serious matter of climate change causes and responses with appropriate respect for the scales involved, in all respects."
—Michael Tobis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Descriere
Discussing today’s hottest topics relating to climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, this book takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the earth’s climate. This new edition explores the latest concerns such as acidification of the ocean, energy efficiency, transportation, space solar power, and future and emerging possibilities. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions, calculations, and possible research topics.