TY - JOUR
T1 - Why regional studies are needed in the development of full-scale integrated assessment modelling of global change processes
AU - Easterling, William E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NSF Grant DEB-9523612. The author wishes to thank the Agricultural Research Division of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Cynthia Hays for technical assistance on the manuscript.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - Full-scale Integrated assessment models (IAMs) allow many components of the global climate change problem to be examined in one framework. The chief advantage of the IAM approach over less complete modelling frameworks is that the socio-economic and environmental consequences of policy choices aimed at abating or adapting to climate change can be evaluated in their totality. However, the highly aggregate functional forms that IAMs currently embed are lacking in sufficient regional and sectoral detail to be totally credible. In this paper, ten reasons why regional studies are needed in support of the development of full-scale IAMs are given. A strategic cyclical scaling exercise involving regional and global integrated modelling frameworks is proposed.
AB - Full-scale Integrated assessment models (IAMs) allow many components of the global climate change problem to be examined in one framework. The chief advantage of the IAM approach over less complete modelling frameworks is that the socio-economic and environmental consequences of policy choices aimed at abating or adapting to climate change can be evaluated in their totality. However, the highly aggregate functional forms that IAMs currently embed are lacking in sufficient regional and sectoral detail to be totally credible. In this paper, ten reasons why regional studies are needed in support of the development of full-scale IAMs are given. A strategic cyclical scaling exercise involving regional and global integrated modelling frameworks is proposed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0959-3780(97)00016-2
DO - 10.1016/S0959-3780(97)00016-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031431235
SN - 0959-3780
VL - 7
SP - 337
EP - 356
JO - Global Environmental Change
JF - Global Environmental Change
IS - 4
ER -
