Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America (eBook, ePUB)

An ecosystem service perspective
Redaktion: Chiabai, Aline

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystem services and benefits to humans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317961499
• Artikelnr.: 43121397

Autorenporträt

Aline Chiabai is a senior researcher at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), where she coordinates the research area on health and climate change.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Central American Tropical Forests, Ecosystem Services
and Human Wellbeing 1. An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of
Central America 2. Ecosystem services in tropical forests: Contribution to
human well-being and implications for economic valuation Part 2: Climate,
Water and Land-Use Changes in Central American Tropical Forests 3. Impacts
of climate change on ecosystem hydrological services of Central America:
Water availability 4. Climate change impacts on the water services in Costa
Rica: A production function for the hydro-energy sector 5. Climate change
economic impacts on water and recreation services in Central American
forests 6. Cost-benefit analysis of alternative land-use scenarios: A
sustainability study for the volcanic central Talamanca biological corridor
Part 3: Economic Assessment, Adaptation, Options and Policy Implications
7. The role of economic valuation of ecosystem services in an
interdisciplinary context 8. Ecosystem-based adaptation: Natural responses
to climate change impacts