Global Change and Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Association of American Geographers GCLP Research Team

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511535819

This comprehensive book explores the ways people and biota contribute to climate change in four localities of the United States. This volume summarizes the findings of the Global Change in Local Places (GCLP) project initiated by the Association of American Geographers to investigate the contribution of local factors to global change, how and why these factors change over time, and how the effects might be controlled and mitigated locally. The sources and driving forces for greenhouse gas emissions vary widely among the four research sites, as do the possibilities and propensities to mitigate emissions and adapt to the local changes global warming could bring. Policy makers and legislators will be unable to address human-induced climate change effectively without the insights revealed by examining and understanding the daily routines that are simultaneously the sources of climate change and the keys to reducing its severity and coping with its effects.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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List of contributors
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Foreword
pp xiii-xvi
- By Robert W. Corell, Senior Research Fellow Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government; Senior Fellow American Meteorological Society
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Preface
pp xvii-xviii
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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Acknowledgments
pp xix-xx
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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Part One - Global change and local places
pp 1-2
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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1 - A grand query: how scale matters in global change research
pp 3-26
- By Robert W. Kates, University Professor Brown University, Thomas J. Wilbanks, Corporate Research Fellow and Leader of Global Change and Developing country Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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2 - The research strategy: linking the local to the global
pp 27-54
- By Thomas J. Wilbanks, Corporate Research Fellow and Leader of Global Change and Developing country Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)., Robert W. Kates, University Professor Brown University, David P. Angel, Associate Professor of Geography and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Clark University, Susan L. Cutter, Carolina Distinhuished Professor University of South Carolina, William E. Easterling, Professor of Geography and Earth System Science Pennsylvania State University, Michael W. Mayfield, Professor Department of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University
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Part Two - Learning from localities
pp 55-56
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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3 - Global change and Southwestern Kansas: local emissions and non-local determinants
pp 57-78
- By John Harrington, Professor and Head of the Department of Geography Kansas State University, David E. Kromm, Professor Emeritus of Geography Kansas State University, Lisa M. B. Harrington, Associate Professor of Geography Kansas State University, Douglas G. Goodin, Associate Professor of Geography Kansas State University, Stephen E. White, Interim Dean College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University
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4 - Northwestern North Carolina: local diversity in an era of change
pp 79-102
- By Neal G. Lineback, Professor of Geography Department of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University, Michael W. Mayfield, Professor Department of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University, Jennifer DeHart, Doctoral candidate Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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5 - Northwestern Ohio: re-industrialization and emission reduction
pp 103-121
- By Samuel A. Aryeetey-Attoh, Professor of Geography and Chair of the Department of Geography and Planning The University of Toledo, Peter S. Lindquist, Associate Professor Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo, William A. Muraco, Research Professor & Professor Emeritus University of Toledo, Neil Reid, Associate Professor Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo
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6 - Global change and Central Pennsylvania: local resources and impacts of mitigation
pp 122-140
- By Andrea S. Denny, Environmental Protection Specialist State and Local Climate Change Program, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Brent Yarnal, Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Integrated Assessment Pennsylvania State Universtiy, Colin Polsky, NOAA/UCAR Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Steve Lachman, Doctoral candidate in Geography Penn State University
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Part Three - Beyond Kyoto I: greenhouse gas reduction in local places
pp 141-142
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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7 - Changing places and changing emissions: comparing local, state, and United States emissions
pp 143-157
- By William E. Easterling, Professor of Geography and Earth Sytem Science Pennsylvania State University, Colin Polsky, NOAA/UCAR Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow with the Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability program Harvard University, Douglas G. Goodin, Associate Professor of Geography Kansas State University, Michael W. Mayfield, Professor Department of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University, William A. Muraco, Research Professor & Professor Emeritus University of Toledo, Brent Yarnal, Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Integrated Assessment Pennsylvania State University
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8 - Explaining greenhouse gas emissions from localities
pp 158-170
- By David P. Angel, Associate Professor of Geography and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Clark University, Samuel A. Aryeetey-Attoh, Professor of Geography Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo, Jennifer DeHart, Doctoral candidate Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, David E. Kromm, Professor Emeritus of Geography Kansas State University, Stephen E. White, Interim Dean College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University
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9 - Attitudes toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local places
pp 171-191
- By Susan L. Cutter, Carolina Distinguished Professor University of South Carolina, Jerry T. Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Geography Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Arleen A. Hill, Department of Geography and research assistant University of South Carolina, Lisa M. B. Harrington, Associate Professor of Geography Kansas State University, Sylvia-Linda Kaktins, Doctoral candidate Kansas State University, William A. Muraco, Research Professor & Professor Emeritus University of Toledo, Jennifer DeHart, Doctoral candidate Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Audrey Reynolds, University of Texas, Austin, Robin Shudak, Special Assistant to the Program Director Environmental Protection Agency's Energy State Program
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10 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: learning from local analogs
pp 192-214
- By C. Gregory Knight, Professor of Geography Pennsylvania State University, Susan L. Cutter, Carolina Distinhuished Professor University of South Carolina, Jennifer DeHart, Doctoral candidate Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Andrea S. Denny, Environmental Protection Specialist in the State and Local Climate Change Program United States Environmental Protection Agency, David G. Howard, Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning University of Toledo, Sylvia-Linda Kaktins, Doctoral candidate Kansas State University, David E. Kromm, Professor Emeritus of Geography Kansas State University, Stephen E. White, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Kansas State University, Brent Yarnal, Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Integrated Assessment Pennsylvania State University
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Part Four - Beyond Kyoto II: greenhouse gas reduction potentials and strategies
pp 215-216
- By Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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11 - Long-term potentials for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local areas
pp 217-238
- By Thomas J. Wilbanks, Corporate Research Fellow and Leader of Global Change and Developing Country Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Robert W. Kates, University Professor Emeritus Brown University
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12 - Global change and local places: lessons learned
pp 239-260
- By Robert W. Kates, University Professor Emeritus Brown University, Thomas J. Wilbanks, Corporate Research Fellow and Leader of Global Change and Developing Country Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Ronald F. Abler, Secretary General and Treasurer International Geographical Union
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Index
pp 261-270
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of contributors
pp vii-xii

Foreword
pp xiii-xvi

Preface
pp xvii-xviii

Acknowledgments
pp xix-xx

Part One - Global change and local places
pp 1-2

1 - A grand query: how scale matters in global change research
pp 3-26

2 - The research strategy: linking the local to the global
pp 27-54

Part Two - Learning from localities
pp 55-56

3 - Global change and Southwestern Kansas: local emissions and non-local determinants
pp 57-78

4 - Northwestern North Carolina: local diversity in an era of change
pp 79-102

5 - Northwestern Ohio: re-industrialization and emission reduction
pp 103-121

6 - Global change and Central Pennsylvania: local resources and impacts of mitigation
pp 122-140

Part Three - Beyond Kyoto I: greenhouse gas reduction in local places
pp 141-142

7 - Changing places and changing emissions: comparing local, state, and United States emissions
pp 143-157

8 - Explaining greenhouse gas emissions from localities
pp 158-170

9 - Attitudes toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local places
pp 171-191

10 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: learning from local analogs
pp 192-214

Part Four - Beyond Kyoto II: greenhouse gas reduction potentials and strategies
pp 215-216

11 - Long-term potentials for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local areas
pp 217-238

12 - Global change and local places: lessons learned
pp 239-260

Index
pp 261-270

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