IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 1996. Climate
change 1995: The science of climate change. J.T. Houghton,
L.G.M. Filho, B.A Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell
(eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kasperson, J.X.., R.E. Kasperson and B.L. Turner II., eds. 1995.
Regions at risk: Comparisons of threatened environments.
Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
A good resource for a discussion of the conceptual background to this module
and case studies on various parts of the world.
Liverman, D. M. 1990. Vulnerability to global environmental
change. In R. Kasperson, K. Dow, D. Golding, and J. Kasperson, eds.
Understanding global environmental change: The contributions of
risk analysis and management. Worcester, MA: Clark University.
Miller, G. Tyler. 1990. Living in the environment.
Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
A good supplementary text.
Quayle, Robert and Thomas Karl, eds. 1996. Climate change
update: The state of the climate 1996. A summary of the
policymakers report of the IPCC. Asheville, NC: National Climatic
Data Center.
Rosenzweig, C., M.L. Parry, G. Fischer, and K. Frohberg. 1993.
Climate change and world food supply. Research Report No.
3, Environmental Change Unit: University of Oxford.
Stern, P.C., O.R. Young, and D. Druckman, eds. 1992. Global
environmental change: Understanding the human dimensions.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
World Resources Institute. 1996. World Resources 1996-97.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Each year focuses on a different theme. The back of the book includes
data tables on land cover, energy, population, and most other major environmental
indicators.