Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada

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Farming in a Changing Climate

Agricultural Adaptation in Canada

Edited by: Ellen Wall , Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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Sustainability and the Environment

About this book

Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.

Author / Editor information

Ellen Wall is a research scientist in environmental sciences; Barry Smit is a professor of geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change; and Johanna Wandel is a postdoctoral research associate with the Department of Geography – all at the University of Guelph. The authors/editors are also members of the Advisory Committee for C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture).

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Debra Davidson, University of Alberta:
This timely collection will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and agriculturalists throughout North America and beyond. It offers both a comprehensive collection of recent research on the vulnerability of Canadian farming systems to climate change and a thorough and articulate presentation of the breadth of concepts and methods currently employed in climate change vulnerability assessments.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Research Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
Introduction Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Impact-Based Approach Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall and Johanna Wandel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Context-Based Approach Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Process-Based Approach Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall and Barry Smit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Impact-Based Studies
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Eastern Canada Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma and Daniel McKenney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairies David Sauchyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes Denise Neilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, Younes Alila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton and Bill Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Context-Based Studies
Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Multiple Risks in Primary Agriculture Ben Bradshaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in the Canadian Prairies Henry David Venema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South Saskatchewan River Basin Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability in Québec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh and Pierre André Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Process-Based Studies
Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw and Barry Smit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in Southwestern Ontario Farming Systems Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit and Wayne Caldwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Community-Based Watershed Management as an Agricultural Adaptation to Climatic Extremes in the Canadian Prairies R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and David Waltner-Toews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-Related Rural Population Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years Robert A. McLeman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Conclusions
Policy Implications: Panellists’ Comments Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for Canadian Agriculture Ellen Wall and Barry Smit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264

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July 1, 2008

eBook ISBN:

9780774855976

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288

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42 charts, 9 tables

https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774855976

eBook ISBN: 9780774855976

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Farming in a Changing Climate

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