Farming in a changing climate : agricultural adaptation in Canada

Smit, Barry. (Added Author). Wall, Shirley Ellen. (Added Author). Wandel, Johanna, 1971- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780774813938
ISBN: 0774813938
Physical Description: print
xiii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1. Research Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation -- 1. Introduction / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel -- 2. Impact-Based Approach / Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall and Johanna Wandel -- 3. Context-Based Approach / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel -- 4. Process-Based Approach / Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall and Barry Smit -- Pt. 2. Impact-Based Studies -- 5. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Eastern Canada / Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma and Daniel McKenney -- 6. Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairies / David Sauchyn -- 7. Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes / Denise Neilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, Younes Alila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton and Bill Taylor -- Pt. 3. Context-Based Studies -- 8. Climate Change Adaptation In a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Multiple Risks in Primary Agriculture / Ben Bradshaw -- 9. Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in the Canadian Pratries / Henry David Venema -- 10. Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South Saskatchewan River Basin / Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier -- 11. The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability in Quebec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change / Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh and Pierre Andre --