| schema:description 3 | "内容記述: 1. Introduction and Overview, Karl W. Steininger & Hannelore Weck-Hannemann: (1) Global environmental change; (2.) Alpine regions; (3) Structure and overview. PART I. RECOGNITION: 2. Alpine Waters in the Interplay of Global Change: Complex Links - Simple Effects?, Roland Psenner: (1) Introduction; (2) Acid rain; (3) Metals, nutrients, fly ash particles and organic pollutants; (4) Solar ultraviolet radiation; (5) Global warming; (6) Saharan dust; (7) Towards a synthesis. 3. On the Economics of Climate Changes and the Climate Change of Economics, Stefan P. Schleicher: (1) Introduction; (2) Some facts about climate change in the Alps; (3) Evaluating climate change: a test of economic paradigms; (4) Sustainability for Alpine regions. PART II. IMPACT: 4. Economic Consequences of Climate Change in Alpine Regions: Impact and Mitigation, Walter J. Ammann & Veronika Stoeckli: (1) Introduction; (2) Forecasting climate change impact for the European Alps; (3) Impact on the water balance; (4) Impact on glaciers and permafrost; (5) Impact on the snow cover; (6) Impact on witner tourism; (7) Impact on mobility; (8) Impact on hydroelectric power production; (9) Impact on agriculture and forestry; (10) Impact on natural hazards; (11) Conclusions. 5. Climate Change and its Impact on the Insurance Industry, Thomas Loster & Martin Payer; (1) Introduction; (2) Disaster trends; (3) Changes in climate and the environment; (4) The climate negotiations; (5) The insurance industry - options for action; (6) Conclusion. PART III. ADAPTATION: 6. Human Vulnerability - Factors Influencing the Implementation of Prevention and Protection Measures: An Agent-based Approach, Doerthe Kroemker & Hans-Joachim Mosler: (1) Introduction; (2) Vulnerability and criticality; (3) Protection capacity; (4) Motivation and competence; (5) Factors influencing motivation and competence; (6) The reappraisal processes; (7) Overview and summary: the process of motivation and competence appraisal; (8) Conclusions. 7. Developments in Natural Hazard Management in Alpine Countries Facing Global Environmental Change, Johann Stoetter, Gertraud Meissl, Alexander Ploner & Thomas Soenser: (1) Introduction; (2) Development of natural hazard management in the Alps; (3) Global change - challenge of new dimension; (4) Sustainable protection of the Alpine lebensraum; (5) Ideas for a future natural hazard management in Tyrol; (6) Conclusion. 8. The Political Practice of Natural Hazards Control in Austria and the Question of Climate Change, Gerhard Weiss: (1) Introduction: natural hazards control and climate change; (2) Administrating risk: the role of bureaucracy in risk regulation; (3) Case Study: the torrent and avalanche control service in Austria; (4) Climate change: possible effects and adaptation; (5) Summary: need for institutional change. 9. Climatological Research and its Possible Contribution to Regional Planning in an Alpine Environment, Wolfgang Sulzer: (1) Introduction; (2) Alpine residential areas and their climate; (3) Climate suitability maps of Styria - some experiences; (4) Summary. PART IV. MITIGATION: 10. The Role of Alpine Agriculture and Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation - a Scenario Analysis, Klaus C. Steininger & Karl W Steininger: (1) Introduction; (2) The role of agriculture and forestry in the Alpine region; (3) Importance of agriculture and forestry for climate change; (4) Quantification of the current contribution to climate change; (5) Scenarios for Austria; (6) Conclusions. 11. Climate Change Mitigation in the Alps by Means of Renewable Energy Use: The Austrian Province of Carinthia as an Illustration, Reinhard Madlener, Anna Kleissner & Norbert Wohlgemuth: (1) Introduction; (2) Policy initiatives and aspects. (3) Impacts of globalisation and market liberalisation; (4) Greenhouse gas abatement potential of renewables; (5) Resource, technology and social acceptance aspects of renewable energy use in the Alps; (6) The case of the Alpine province of Carinthia; (7) Conclusions. 12. Reducing the Global and Local Environmental Impact of Transport in the Alpine Region, Bertrand Chateau, Birgit Friedl, Alberto Frondaroli, Mario Keller, Romain Molitor & Karl W. Steininger: (1) The Alpine region, a very sensitive area; (2) The OECD study on environmentally sustainable transport in the Alps; (3) The environmental and noise targets in Alpine transport for 2030; (4) Four scenarios for transport and environmental impacts; (5) Conclusions from the scenario analysis; (6) Economic and social implications of the combined technology and transport management scenario; (7) Conclusions. 13. Conclusions and Future Research Prospects, Karl W. Steininger & Hannelore Weck-Hannemann: (1) The global embedding of regional phenomena; (2) Global environmental change: conclusions for alpine regions; (3) Future research prospects....(more)" |