Against a wait and see approach in adapting to climate change

Climate change : positioning Ireland, positioning geography

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Description :
This paper, using the Boyne catchment in the east of Ireland as a case study, discusses the uncertainties involved in climate change impact assessment for catchment hydrology and highlights why uncertainties are unlikely to be constrained or reduced in the time-scale required for adaptation. In addition, by calculating the time required for climate change signals to emerge from the observational record and the magnitude of change required for detection, it is highlighted that waiting for climate signals to be statistically detectable is not an option for effective adaptation.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Irish geography (Online), issn : 1939-4055, 2011, vol. 44, n°. 1, p. 1-16, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2011

Identifiants :
eurl : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750778.2011.615707, doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750778.2011.615707

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis