Climate Change Science: Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming presents unbiased, state-of-the-art, scientific knowledge on climate change and engineering solutions for mitigation. The book expands on all major prospective solutions for tackling climate change in a complete manner. It comprehensively explains the variety of climate solutions currently available, including the remaining challenges associated with each. Effective, complementary solutions for engineering to combat climate change are discussed and elaborated on. Some of the more high-risk proposals are qualitatively and quantitatively compared and contrasted with low-risk mitigation actions to facilitate the formulation of feasible, environmentally-friendly solutions.
The book provides academics, postgraduate students and other readers in the fields of environmental science, climate change, atmospheric sciences and engineering with the information they need for their roles. Through exploring the fundamental information currently available, exergy utilization, large-scale solutions, and current solutions in place, the book is an invaluable look into how climate change can be addressed from an engineering-perspective using scientific models and calculations.
1. Climate Change Science - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page iv 7. Contributors - p. Page v 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. Acknowledgments - p. Page xi 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page xiii 11. List of Tables - p. Page xiv 12. 1 : Enhancing crop water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa - p. Page xiv 13. 2 : Can renewable energy sources be a viable instrument for climate change mitigation? Evidence from EU countries via MCDM methods - p. Page 15 14. 3 : Carbon emission as a result of forest land change in Islamabad, Pakistan - p. Page 37 15. 4 : “Integrated coastal management” enhances coastal resilience to climate change—The East Asia experience - p. Page 54 16. 5 : Underground methanation, a natural way to transform carbon dioxide into methane - p. Page 74 17. 6 : Analysis of plant oil-based fuel characteristics for green supply chains - p. Page 104 18. 7 : The effects of couple layout on thermoelectric generator performance - p. Page 121 19. 8 : Spatio-temporal patterns for human-based architecture to solve metropolitan collapse in Latin America - p. Page 141 20. 9 : The nexus of climate change and urbanization - p. Page 168 21. 10 : Bioshading system design method (BSDM) - p. Page 191 22. 11 : Green science: smart building technology to mitigate global energy and water crises - p. Page 220 23. 12 : How green energy giants increase their revenues? Impacts on global warming - p. Page 243 24. Index - p. Page 266
Climate Change Science: Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming presents unbiased, state-of-the-art, scientific knowledge on climate change and engineering solutions for mitigation. The book expands on all major prospective solutions for tackling climate change in a complete manner. It comprehensively explains the variety of climate solutions currently available, including the remaining challenges associated with each. Effective, complementary solutions for engineering to combat climate change are discussed and elaborated on. Some of the more high-risk proposals are qualitatively and quantitatively compared and contrasted with low-risk mitigation actions to facilitate the formulation of feasible, environmentally-friendly solutions.
The book provides academics, postgraduate students and other readers in the fields of environmental science, climate change, atmospheric sciences and engineering with the information they need for their roles. Through exploring the fundamental information currently available, exergy utilization, large-scale solutions, and current solutions in place, the book is an invaluable look into how climate change can be addressed from an engineering-perspective using scientific models and calculations.
1. Climate Change Science - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page iv 7. Contributors - p. Page v 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. Acknowledgments - p. Page xi 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page xiii 11. List of Tables - p. Page xiv 12. 1 : Enhancing crop water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa - p. Page xiv 13. 2 : Can renewable energy sources be a viable instrument for climate change mitigation? Evidence from EU countries via MCDM methods - p. Page 15 14. 3 : Carbon emission as a result of forest land change in Islamabad, Pakistan - p. Page 37 15. 4 : “Integrated coastal management” enhances coastal resilience to climate change—The East Asia experience - p. Page 54 16. 5 : Underground methanation, a natural way to transform carbon dioxide into methane - p. Page 74 17. 6 : Analysis of plant oil-based fuel characteristics for green supply chains - p. Page 104 18. 7 : The effects of couple layout on thermoelectric generator performance - p. Page 121 19. 8 : Spatio-temporal patterns for human-based architecture to solve metropolitan collapse in Latin America - p. Page 141 20. 9 : The nexus of climate change and urbanization - p. Page 168 21. 10 : Bioshading system design method (BSDM) - p. Page 191 22. 11 : Green science: smart building technology to mitigate global energy and water crises - p. Page 220 23. 12 : How green energy giants increase their revenues? Impacts on global warming - p. Page 243 24. Index - p. Page 266
