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15. Management Responses to Climate Variability
Pages 281-283

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From page 281...
... We explored, in a tentative fashion, some of the implications of change for crop production, hydrologic characteristics of the water cycle, and management of large water systems. We moved on from that to consider economic and legal implications, and a number of other possible effects of climate change.
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From page 282...
... The formulation runs as follows: In a new Soviet society, when you're confronted with a looming catastrophe you turn to the market and let the market decide what's an effective course of action. In the United States, in a capitalistic society, when you're confronted with a catastrophe the attitude is, "Don't worry, the government will bail you out." So, one's perception of the kind of framework in which we are operating has a considerable influence on how accurately we may perceive the problems we are confronting.
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From page 283...
... is that if one looks at the environmental situation around the world in relation to development, it's all very well to think about limiting chlorofluorocarbons or carbon dioxide or methane, but if we are concerned about the welfare of the planet, much more important these days is the wise management of what appears to be a severely deteriorating set of resources of soil, water, and vegetation. The Western European nations are talking about limiting carbon dioxide, which will have an effect over the next 20 or 30 years.
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