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A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment
Economics, Science, and Policy
R. Quentin Grafton, Harry W. Nelson, N. Ross Lambie and Paul R. Wyrwoll
A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental sciences, and environmental studies.
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- Published in print:
- 01 Jan 2012
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- 9781849803878
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A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental sciences, and environmental studies.
- Front Matter
- A
- abatement
- ability-to-pay principle
- abiotic factors
- ablation
- about as likely as not
- abrupt climate change
- absolute advantage
- absolute emissions
- absolute zero
- absorption
- absorptive capacity
- abundance
- abyssal
- acceleration principle
- access right
- acclimatization
- accuracy
- acidic
- acidification
- acid precipitation
- acid rain
- acid shock
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- acre
- acre-foot
- activated carbon
- activated sludge
- active gear
- active layer
- active value
- activity analysis
- acute toxicity
- adaptability
- adaptation
- adaptation benefits
- adaptation costs
- Adaptation Fund
- adaptive expectations
- adaptive management
- adaptive radiation
- ad hoc
- ad infinitum
- ad libitum (ad lib)
- ad nauseam
- ad valorem tax
- additionality
- adiabatic process
- adjustment time
- adsorption
- advanced countries
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
- advection
- adventure tourism
- adverse selection
- aerobic
- aerosol
- afforestation
- aflatoxins
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- age distribution
- Agenda 21
- agent-based modeling
- Agent Orange
- age structure models
- agglomeration economies
- aggregate consumption
- aggregate demand
- aggregate production function
- aggregate supply
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- agricultural byproduct
- agricultural drought
- agricultural yield
- agriculture
- agricultural sector
- Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
- agrochemicals
- agroforestry
- AIDS
- air
- air quality control region (AQCR)
- air quality standard
- air mass
- air pollution
- air pollution abatement equipment
- air pressure
- airborne fraction
- airshed
- albedo
- albedo feedback
- alcohol fuels
- alcohols
- aldehydes
- algae
- algal bloom
- algorithm
- ALH84001
- alienate
- alkaline
- allele
- allelopathy
- Allen’s rule
- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- allocation
- allocative efficiency
- allopatric speciation
- allowable annual cut (AAC)
- alpha diversity
- alpha radiation
- alternative development path
- alternative energy
- alternative fuels
- alternative fuel vehicle (AFV)
- alternative hypothesis
- altimetry
- altruism
- Alvarez hypothesis
- Amazonia
- ambient
- ambient permits
- ambient standard
- amenity value
- amensalism
- ammonia
- Amoco Cadiz
- amoeba
- amortization
- amphibian
- anabatic wind
- anadromous fish
- anaerobic
- analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- analyte
- ancient forest
- ancillary impacts
- anemometer
- angiosperm
- animal feces
- animal unit (AU)
- Annex B countries
- Annex I countries
- Annex II countries
- annual
- annuity
- annular modes
- anomaly
- anoxic event
- Antarctic Cold Reversal
- Antarctic Oscillation
- Antarctic ozone hole
- Antarctic Treaty
- anthracite
- Anthropocene
- anthropocentric ethic
- anthropogenic
- anthropogenic emissions
- anthropogenic fires
- anthropogeomorphology
- anthropomorphic
- antibiotic
- antibody
- anticipatory adaptation
- anticyclone
- anti-dumping
- antigen
- anti-trust
- AOSIS
- APEC
- aphelion
- applied science
- appreciation
- appropriability
- aquaculture
- aquatic angiosperms
- acquiclude
- aquifer
- aquitard
- arable land
- aragonite
- Aral Sea
- arbitrage
- arbovirus
- archaea
- Archaen era
- Arctic haze
- Arctic Oscillation (AO)
- Arctic shrinkage
- arid region
- arithmetic growth
- arithmetic mean
- aromatic hydrocarbons
- Arrow–Debreu equilibrium
- artesian
- artificial (forest) regeneration
- artisanal fisheries
- asbestos
- ASEAN
- asexual reproduction
- Asian Brown Cloud
- Asian crisis
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- aspect
- asphalt
- assay
- Assessment Report
- Assigned Amount Unit (AAU)
- assimilation
- assimilative capacity
- assimilation energy
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- asteroid
- asymmetrical games
- asymmetric information
- asymptotic efficiency
- Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO)
- atmosphere
- atmospheric boundary layer
- atmospheric deposition
- atmospheric lifetime
- atmospheric pressure
- atmospheric science
- atmospheric stabilization
- atoll
- attractor
- attribution
- autarky
- autocorrelation
- autonomous
- autonomous adaptation
- autonomous mitigation
- autonomous technological change
- autoregressive process (AR)
- autotroph
- autotrophic respiration
- average
- average cost
- average-cost pricing
- average fixed cost
- average product
- average propensity to consume
- average propensity to save
- average revenue
- average variable cost
- averting behavior costs
- averting expenditures
- AVHRR
- avoidance costs
- avoided deforestation
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Back Matter
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Subjects: Economics and Finance, Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Economics
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or login to access all content.- Front Matter
- A
- abatement
- ability-to-pay principle
- abiotic factors
- ablation
- about as likely as not
- abrupt climate change
- absolute advantage
- absolute emissions
- absolute zero
- absorption
- absorptive capacity
- abundance
- abyssal
- acceleration principle
- access right
- acclimatization
- accuracy
- acidic
- acidification
- acid precipitation
- acid rain
- acid shock
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- acre
- acre-foot
- activated carbon
- activated sludge
- active gear
- active layer
- active value
- activity analysis
- acute toxicity
- adaptability
- adaptation
- adaptation benefits
- adaptation costs
- Adaptation Fund
- adaptive expectations
- adaptive management
- adaptive radiation
- ad hoc
- ad infinitum
- ad libitum (ad lib)
- ad nauseam
- ad valorem tax
- additionality
- adiabatic process
- adjustment time
- adsorption
- advanced countries
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
- advection
- adventure tourism
- adverse selection
- aerobic
- aerosol
- afforestation
- aflatoxins
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- age distribution
- Agenda 21
- agent-based modeling
- Agent Orange
- age structure models
- agglomeration economies
- aggregate consumption
- aggregate demand
- aggregate production function
- aggregate supply
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- agricultural byproduct
- agricultural drought
- agricultural yield
- agriculture
- agricultural sector
- Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
- agrochemicals
- agroforestry
- AIDS
- air
- air quality control region (AQCR)
- air quality standard
- air mass
- air pollution
- air pollution abatement equipment
- air pressure
- airborne fraction
- airshed
- albedo
- albedo feedback
- alcohol fuels
- alcohols
- aldehydes
- algae
- algal bloom
- algorithm
- ALH84001
- alienate
- alkaline
- allele
- allelopathy
- Allen’s rule
- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- allocation
- allocative efficiency
- allopatric speciation
- allowable annual cut (AAC)
- alpha diversity
- alpha radiation
- alternative development path
- alternative energy
- alternative fuels
- alternative fuel vehicle (AFV)
- alternative hypothesis
- altimetry
- altruism
- Alvarez hypothesis
- Amazonia
- ambient
- ambient permits
- ambient standard
- amenity value
- amensalism
- ammonia
- Amoco Cadiz
- amoeba
- amortization
- amphibian
- anabatic wind
- anadromous fish
- anaerobic
- analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- analyte
- ancient forest
- ancillary impacts
- anemometer
- angiosperm
- animal feces
- animal unit (AU)
- Annex B countries
- Annex I countries
- Annex II countries
- annual
- annuity
- annular modes
- anomaly
- anoxic event
- Antarctic Cold Reversal
- Antarctic Oscillation
- Antarctic ozone hole
- Antarctic Treaty
- anthracite
- Anthropocene
- anthropocentric ethic
- anthropogenic
- anthropogenic emissions
- anthropogenic fires
- anthropogeomorphology
- anthropomorphic
- antibiotic
- antibody
- anticipatory adaptation
- anticyclone
- anti-dumping
- antigen
- anti-trust
- AOSIS
- APEC
- aphelion
- applied science
- appreciation
- appropriability
- aquaculture
- aquatic angiosperms
- acquiclude
- aquifer
- aquitard
- arable land
- aragonite
- Aral Sea
- arbitrage
- arbovirus
- archaea
- Archaen era
- Arctic haze
- Arctic Oscillation (AO)
- Arctic shrinkage
- arid region
- arithmetic growth
- arithmetic mean
- aromatic hydrocarbons
- Arrow–Debreu equilibrium
- artesian
- artificial (forest) regeneration
- artisanal fisheries
- asbestos
- ASEAN
- asexual reproduction
- Asian Brown Cloud
- Asian crisis
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- aspect
- asphalt
- assay
- Assessment Report
- Assigned Amount Unit (AAU)
- assimilation
- assimilative capacity
- assimilation energy
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- asteroid
- asymmetrical games
- asymmetric information
- asymptotic efficiency
- Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO)
- atmosphere
- atmospheric boundary layer
- atmospheric deposition
- atmospheric lifetime
- atmospheric pressure
- atmospheric science
- atmospheric stabilization
- atoll
- attractor
- attribution
- autarky
- autocorrelation
- autonomous
- autonomous adaptation
- autonomous mitigation
- autonomous technological change
- autoregressive process (AR)
- autotroph
- autotrophic respiration
- average
- average cost
- average-cost pricing
- average fixed cost
- average product
- average propensity to consume
- average propensity to save
- average revenue
- average variable cost
- averting behavior costs
- averting expenditures
- AVHRR
- avoidance costs
- avoided deforestation
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Back Matter