Spatial Impacts of Climate Change. Denis Mercier

      

Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Introduction

      5  1 Climate Change at Different Temporal and Spatial Scales 1.1 Contemporary global climate change 1.2 Contemporary Arctic-wide climate change 1.3 Future global climate change 1.4 Future Arctic-wide climate change 1.5 The causes of climate change 1.6 Conclusion 1.7 References

      6  2 Climate Change and the Melting Cryosphere 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The sensitivity of the cryosphere to climate change 2.3 Melting of the marine cryosphere 2.4 Melting of the Earth's cryosphere 2.5 Consequences of the melting cryosphere 2.6 Conclusion 2.7 References

      7  3 Between Warming and Globalization: Rethinking the Arctic at the Heart of a Stakes System 3.1 Spatial impacts of climate change in the Arctic 3.2 The manufacture of polar issues, between global warming and globalization 3.3 The production of polar doctrines: rhetoric and frameworks for action 3.4 Geography of a new system of stakeholder relations in the Arctic 3.5 Conclusion: polar metamorphisms 3.6 References

      8  4 Coastlines with Increased Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Coastlines under the influence of sea-level rise 4.3 increasingly attractive coastlines for societies 4.4 Towards the necessary adaptation of coastal areas 4.5 Which coastline for tomorrow? 4.6 References

      9  5 The Consequences of Climate Change on the Paraglacial Sedimentary Cascade 5.1 The paraglacial sedimentary cascade: elements of definition 5.2 Sediment inputs to the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 5.3 Sediment fluxes within the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 5.4 Sedimentary stocks or the end of the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 5.5 Conclusion 5.6 References

      10  6 Spatial Impacts of Climate Change on Periglacial Environments 6.1 introduction 6.2 Melting permafrost and paraperiglacial geomorphological crises 6.3 Periglacial coastal environments in high latitudes in the face of climate change 6.4 Periglacial environments at high altitudes in the face of climate change 6.5 Conclusion 6.6 References

      11  7 The Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrological Dynamics of High Latitude Periglacial Environments 7.1 Periglacial regions strongly affected by recent climate change 7.2 The influence of permafrost on hydrological functioning 7.3 The response of Arctic fluvial hydrosystems to ongoing climate change 7.4 Conclusion 7.5 References

      12  8 The Impacts of Climate Change on Watercourses in Temperate Environments 8.1 What is at stake? 8.2 Hydrological changes already “observable” 8.3 Hydrological projections 8.4 Conclusion 8.5 References

      13  9 Spatial Impacts of Melting Central Asian Glaciers: towards a “Water War”? 9.1 Societies and economies dependent on the cryosphere 9.2 The impact of climate change on water resources 9.3 Conclusion