Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda - Hardcover

Robert G. Watts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566702348 ISBN 13: 9781566702348

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book goes beyond the analysis offered by typical works on this subject to propose real solutions to problems caused by changes in the earths climate. From new ways to cut energy consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to discussions of the possibilities of sea walls and climate- altering technologies, Engineering Response to Global Climate Change presents new conceptual tools and suggests research necessary for correcting and alleviating problems caused by global warming. Edited by a regional director of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change and offering the collective expertise of a team of expert authors, this book offers thorough coverage of this important topic from an engineering and technology perspective.

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Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1566702348
• ISBN 13: 9781566702348
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1