Adapting to Climate Change: Markets and the Management of an Uncertain Future 0300246714, 9780300246711

A revelatory study of how climate change will affect individual economic decisions, and the broad impact of those choice

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Adapting to Climate Change: Markets and the Management of an Uncertain Future
 0300246714, 9780300246711

Table of contents :
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Contents
Introduction: Why Adaptation?
1 A Microeconomics Perspective on Climate Science Prediction
2 Daily Quality of Life
3 Protecting the Poor
4 Upgrading Public Infrastructure
5 Will Climate Change Threaten Economic Productivity?
6 Protecting Urban Real Estate
7 The Market for Big Data Facilitates Adaptation
8 Reimagining the Real Estate Sector
9 Reimagining Laws and Regulations to Facilitate Adaptation
10 Innovation in Agricultural Production (Cowritten with Brian Casey and Nolan Jones)
11 Globalization and International Trade Facilitate Adaptation
Conclusion: Human Capital Fuels Adaptation
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
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