Monday 23 November 2009

Publications, Books and Reports

(Ordered by researcher and date published) | Book List Only

Michael H. Glantz

Glantz, M.H., 2009:

Wolde-Georgis, Tsegay, M.H. Glantz, 2009: Biofuels in Africa: A Pathway to Development? in International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Papers: #43.

Glantz, M.H., 2008:

Glantz, M.H., 2008: The twenty-first century as "the climate century." Chapter 16 in Climate Change and Variation: A Primer for Teachers (W.A. Dando, ed..), 86-72. Washington, DC: National Council for Geographic Education.

Glantz, M.H., and Q. Ye, 2008: Sea level change and coastal urban flooding. Chapter 9 in Climate Change and Variation: A Primer for Teachers (W.A. Dando, ed..), 112-121. Washington, DC: National Council for Geographic Education.

Glantz, M.H., 2007: How about a Spare Time University?WMO Bulletin, 56(2), 126-130. (Link takes you to the WMO's PDF version of the issue; click on the left-hand side at the title to find this article.)

Glantz, M.H., 2007: Aral Sea Basin: A sea dies, a sea also rises (available by permission in PDF). Ambio, 36(4), 323-327.

Glantz, M.H., 2007: Heads Up! Early Warning Systems for Climate, Water and Weather. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press. 173 pp.

Glantz, M.H., 2007: Prototype Training Workshop on Water Affairs. Proceedings of workshop held 4-7 December 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Boulder, CO: NCAR.

Glantz, M.H. , 2006: Hurricane Katrina rekindles thoughts about fallacies of a so-called "natural" disaster. In: P.S. Ranade (Ed.), Natural Disasters: Management and Preparedness, 138-147. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press.

McPhaden, M.J., S.E. Zebiak, and M.H. Glantz, 2006: ENSO as an integrating concept in earth science. Science, 314(5806), 1740-1745. doi:10.1126/science.1132588.

Glantz, M.H., 2006: Making climate serve the people. WMO Bulletin, 55(2), 116-125.

Glantz, M.H., 2006: Prototype Training Workshop for Educators on the Effects of Climate Change on Seasonality and Environmental Hazards. (in PDF) CAPaBLE/APN Report of meeting held 6-9 March 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. Report website available here.

Glantz, M.H., 2006: Global warming: Whose problem is it anyway? Comment in GeoTimes, 51(6), 7. (Link goes to GeoTimes online edition)

Stige, L.C., J. Stave, K-S Chan, L. Ciannelli, N. Pettorelli, M.H. Glantz, H.R. Herren, and N.C. Stenseth, 2006: The effect of climate variation on agro-pastoral production in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0600057103.

Glantz, M.H., 2006: Six essays in: H. Bridgman and J.E. Oliver (eds.), The Global Climate System: Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Glantz, M.H. and I.S. Zonn, 2005: The Aral Seas: Water, Climate, and Environmental Change in Central Asia. WMO No. 982. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization.

Glantz, M.H., 2005: Hurricane Katrina rekindles thoughts about fallacies of a so-called "natural" disaster. Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy. An open access e-Journal for sustainable solutions. Vol. 1(2).

Glantz, M.H., 2005: What makes good climates go bad? Geotimes, 50(4), 18-24. (Link goes to Geotimes online edition)

Glantz, M.H. (with J. Nihoul and N. Aladin), 2005 (eds.): Special issue of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, consisting of papers dealing with environmental projects, strategies for international planning, expectations, and questions from a sustainable development perspective. Vol. 10, No. 1, January.

Glantz, M.H., 2005: Water, climate and development issues in the Amudarya Basin. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10(1), 23-50.

Glantz, M.H., 2005: Usable Science 9: El Niño Early Warning for Sustainable Development in Pacific Rim Countries and Islands. Report of workshop held 13-16 September 2004, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Boulder, CO: NCAR.

Glantz, M.H., 2004: Environmental problems in drylands: Challenges and tradeoffs for society. In Challenges for Drylands in the New Millennium: A Cross-Cutting Approach for Assessment (Z. Adeel, D. Clancy, and A. Dubreuil, eds.), 10-32. Proceedings of a Joint UNU-MA-ICARDA International Workshop, held 10-15 August 2003 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. UNU Desertification Series No. 6. Hamilton, Ontario: UNU-INWEH.

Glantz, M.H., 2004: Usable Science 8: Early Warning Systems: Do's and Don'ts. Report of workshop held 20-23 October 2003 in Shanghai, China. Boulder, CO: NCAR.

Gommes, R., J. du Guerny, M.H. Glantz, and L-N Hsu, 2004: Climate and HIV/AIDS: A Hotspots Analysis for Early Warning Rapid Response Systems. Bangkok: UN Development Programme, Southeast Asia HIV and Development Programme.

Glantz, M.H., 2003: Climate Affairs: A Primer. Covelo, CA: Island Press.

Glantz, M.H., 2003: Guidelines for Establishing Audits of AGricultural-ENvironmental (AG-EN) Hotspots. Environment and Natural Resources Service, Sustainable Development Department Paper No. 15. Rome: FAO.

Glantz, M.H. (ed.), 2001: Once Burned, Twice Shy? Lessons Learned from the 1997-98 El Niño. Tokyo: United Nations University.

Glantz, M.H., 2000: Currents of Change: Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on Climate and Society. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 266 pp.

Glantz, M.H., 1999: Global environmental problems in the Caspian region. ESIG/NCAR.

Glantz, M.H. (ed.), 1999: Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (link to abstract)

Barnston, A.G., M.H. Glantz, and Y. He, 1999: Predictive Skill of Statistical and Dynamical Climate Models in SST Forecasts during the 1997–98 El Niño Episode and the 1998 La Niña Onset. BAMS, 80, 2, 218-243.

Glantz, M.H., 1997: Using Science Against Famine: Food Security, Famine Early Warning, and El Nino. Special issue of Internet Journal of African Studies.

Tsegay Wolde-Georgis

Wolde-Georgis, Tsegay (2009). Climate-based Malaria Early Warning System in Ethiopia. MH. Glantz, Editor. Heads Up! Early Warning System for Climate, Water and Weather-related Hazards. Tokyo, United Nations University. In Press.

Wolde-Georgis, Tsegay, M.H. Glantz, 2009: Biofuels in Africa: A Pathway to Development? in International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Papers: #43.

Connor, S.J., T. Dinku, T Wolde-Georgis, Endalkachew Bekele, Daddi Jima, (2008): A Collaborative Epidemic Early Warning & Response initiative in Ethiopia. In proceedings of International Symposium on PWS: A Key to Service Delivery, Geneva, 3-5 December 2007, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. pages 166-171.

Wolde-Georgis, T. (2002).: The Impacts of Cold Events on Ethiopia. In Michael H. Glantz, (ed): La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation. Tokyo, Japan: UNU.

Wolde-Georgis, T., D. Aweke, Y. Hagos. (2001): Ethiopia country case study: Impacts and responses to the 1997-98 El Niño event. In Glantz, M.H. (editor).: Once Burned, Twice Shy? Lessons Learned from the 1997-98 El Niño. Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University Press. Pages 88-100.

Wolde-Georgis, T. (1997): El Niño and Drought Early Warning in Ethiopia. Internet Journal for African Studies. Issue No. 2.

Wolde-Georgis, T. (1997): Land, Peasants and the State in Ethiopia: Past and Present. Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies. Vol. 16. No. 1.

Wolde-Georgis, T. (1997): Time-Budget Analysis. In Peter Van Arsdale and S .R. Vermuri (eds) Applied Field Methods: A Manual of Practice. Pages 47-51.

Wolde-Georgis, T. (1995): The Limits of Land Reform Implementation in Resource Poor Societies. Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives. Vol. 14, No. 1 & 2. March and June. Pages 39-53.

Hailu, T., T. Wolde-Georgis, P. Van Arsdale (1994): Resource Depletion, Famine and Refugees in Tigray (Ethiopia), with T. Hailu and P. W. Van Arsdale, in African Refugees: Development Aid and Repatriation. H. Adelman and J. Sorenson (eds). San Francisco: Westview Press. Pages 21-41.

Qian Ye

Shi, P.J., N. Li, Q. Ye, and et.al, 2009: Research on Global Environmental Change and Integrated Disaster Risk Governance. Advances in Earth Science. Vol. 24, No. 4, 2009, 428-435

Ye, Q. and P. Usher, 2009: A historical review on the roles of science and politics in addressing global environmental issues, Frontiers of Earth Science in China, Vol.3, No.1 57-63

Glantz Michael and Q. Ye, 2008: An essay on the interactions between climate and society. Frontiers of Earth Science in China, Vol. 2, No.3 (2008),356-363

Ye, Qian, and M.H. Glantz, 2005: The 1998 Yangtze Floods: The use of short-term forcasts in the context of seasonal to interannual water resource management. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10(1), 159-182.

Ye, Qian, 2005: Living in between: Periurban and Wildland Interface Habitats. Know Risk, 318-321. Publication of the UNISDR. www.know-risk.org

Ye, Qian, 2003: The Desert Affairs Program: An Initiative on Integrating Research, Education, and Application for Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-arid Lands. Proceedings of SPIE's 3rd International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Workshop, held 23-27 October 2004, Hangzhou, China.

Ilan Kelman

Barrett, J., 2005: Pay now to save later. An interview with Ilan Kelman, disaster expert, who examines the lessons of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and what needs to be done to prevent another catastrophe.

Kelman, I., 2005: Learning from disasters. Science Magazine's Next Wave.

Kelman, I., 2005: Thinking ahead of disaster. (PDF) Tropical Coasts, July, 4-9.

Kelman, I., 2004: Natural hazards and risk management. (PDF) Issue 4, No. 3, RiskPost, newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, www.risksociety.org.nz.

Kelman, I., 2004: Responsibility to Pacific Island risk management? Issue 4, No. 2, RiskPost, newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, www.risksociety.org.nz.

Articles and editorials by CCB research assistants

Liam Cavanaugh researched articles written on Superstorm '93 and articles closely related to this storm, forecasts of the storm, and the storm's formation and intensification. His report is below (June 2005):
in PDF format
in MS Word format

Liam also compiled a bibliography and summarization of articles related to East Coast storms in general, as well as articles studying specific storms. Detailed summarites are given for articles providing information on forecast improvement for specific storms (June 2005).
in PDF format
in MS Word format

Udelhofen, E., 2005: Uncertainty regarding global warming no longer an excuse for inaction. Editorial for fragilecologies.com.

Udelhofen, E., 2005: People and pollution of Copsa Mica. Editorial for fragilecologies.com.

Recent PDF documents created about our programs

Early Warning Systems and Sustainable Development

Climate Affairs: An Initiative for the 21st Century

Development of a Desert Affairs Center in Western China