Farming in a changing climate : agricultural adaptation in Canada
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Farming in a changing climate : agricultural adaptation in Canada
(Sustainability and the environment)
UBC Press, c2007
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  Fukuoka
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  Kumamoto
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In farming systems across Canada, effective risk management isnecessary to deal with drought, flooding, and extreme weather, and toadapt to altered climate and weather conditions. Unfortunately, climatechange risks and opportunities are not always well understood amongresearchers and policy makers in the Canadian agri-food sector. Thisbook addresses that gap by providing a wide-ranging synopsis ofwhat climate change means for Canadian agriculture, exploring differentapproaches to the topic, and presenting examples of current research.It covers all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodityproduction and farming systems. This comprehensive survey synthesizestwenty years of research on climate change and Canadianagriculture.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part 1: Research Approaches to Climate ChangeAdaptation
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 JohannaWandel
4 Process-Based Approach / Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall, and BarrySmit
Part 2: Impact-Based Studies
5 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in EasternCanada / Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma, and Daniel McKenney
6 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairie Region /David Sauchyn
7 Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using ClimateChange Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes / DeniseNeilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, YounesAlila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton, and Bill Taylor
Part 3: Context-Based Studies
8 Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: ConceptualizingMultiple Risks in
Primary Agriculture / Ben Bradshaw
9 Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in theCanadian Prairies / Henry David Venema
10 Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South SaskatchewanRiver Basin / Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier
11 The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability inQuebec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability andChange / Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh, and Pierre Andre
Part 4: Process-Based Studies
12 Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to ClimateVariability and
Change / Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw, and Barry Smit
13 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in SouthwesternOntario Farming Systems / Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit,and Wayne Caldwell
14 Community-Based Watershed Management as an AgriculturalAdaptation to Climatic
Extremes in the Canadian Prairies / R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and DavidWaltner-Toews
15 Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-RelatedRural Population
Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years / Robert A. McLeman
Part 5: Conclusions
16 Policy Implications: Panellists' Comments / Ellen Wall,Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel
17 Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for CanadianAgriculture /
Ellen Wall and Barry Smit
References
Contributors
Index
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