Economics of Climate Change
Adaptations Past and Present
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2011
365 pages
978-0-226-47990-3 (ISBN)
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While debates over the consequences of climate change are often pessimistic, historical data from the past two centuries indicate many viable opportunities for responding to potential changes. This volume takes a close look at the ways in which economies-particularly that of the United States-have adjusted to the challenges climate change poses, including institutional features that help insulate the economy from shocks, new crop varieties, irrigation, flood control, and ways of extending cultivation to new geographic areas. These innovations indicate that people and economies have considerable capacity to acclimate, especially when private gains complement public benefits. Options for adjusting to climate change abound, and with improved communication and the emergence of new information and technologies, the potential for adaptation will be even greater in the future.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Climate Change: Adaptations in Historical Perspective
- 1. Additive Damages, Fat-Tailed Climate Dynamics, and Uncertain Discounting
- 2. Modeling the Impact of Warming in Climate Change Economics
- 3. Droughts, Floods, and Financial Distress in the United States
- 4. The Effects of Weather Shocks on Crop Prices in Unfettered Markets: The United States Prior to the Farm Programs, 1895-1932
- 5. Information and the Impact of Climate and Weatheron Mortality Rates during the Great Depression
- 6. Responding to Climatic Challenges: Lessons from U.S. Agricultural Development
- 7. The Impact of the 1936 Corn Belt Droughton American Farmers' Adoption of Hybrid Corn
- 8. The Evolution of Heat Tolerance of Corn: Implications for Climate Change
- 9. Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States
- 10. Did Frederick Brodie Discover the World's First Environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal Smoke and the Rise and Fall of the London Fog
- 11. Impacts of Climate Change on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Billing Data
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
