Climate Change in the Mediterranean

Edited by Carlo Giupponi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Venice Centre for Climate Studies, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, Italy and Mordechai Shechter, Professor of Economics and Director, Natural Resource and Environmental Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

• ContentsPrefaceCarlo CarraroForeword: Bridging physical and socio-economic research in the Mediterranean basinGérard Begni PART I INTRODUCTIONIntroductionC. Giupponi and M. ShechterPART II THE ISSUES: SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS, VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION1. Recent economic insights into the impacts of climate change R.S.J. Tol, S. Fankhauser, O.J. Kuik and J.B. Smith2. Adaptation to climate variability and change: what is optimal and appropriate?R.J.T. KleinPART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN WATER RESOURCES3. Climate change and water resources in the Middle East: vulnerability, socio-economic impacts and adaptation M. El-Fadel and E. Bou-Zeid4. Water availability for agriculture under climate change: understanding adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean A. Iglesias, M.N. Ward, M. Menendez and C. Rosenzweig5. The impacts of climate change on water resources of Lebanon – Eastern Mediterranean M.R. Khawlie6. Economic impacts of hydrological droughts under climate change scenarios E. Iglesias Martínez, A. Gómez Ramos and A. Garrido ColmeneroPART IV CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN LAND USES7. What future for Mediterranean agriculture? A proposal to integrate socio-economics in climate change scenarios P. Rosato and C. Giupponi8. Development of a Decision Support System for the integrated assessment of policies related to desertification and land degradation in the Mediterranean G. Engelen9. Climate change and agriculture: an Israeli perspective N. Yehoshuar and M. Shechter10. Assessing the ancillary socio-economic benefits of mitigating greenhouse gases from municipal solid waste management O. Ayalon, M. Shechter and Y. AvnimelechPART V CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL AREAS11. Assessing the impacts of climatic change in the Mediterranean coastal zones D.G. Georgas12. Climate change and coastal zones: an overview of the state-of-the-art on regional and local vulnerability assessment H. Sterr, R.J.T. Klein and S. Reese13. Impacts of climate change on tourism in the Mediterranean: adaptive responses A. Perry14. Sensitivity of tourist destination choice to climate W. Lise and R.S.J. TolIndex