An integrated assessment model for exploring potential impacts of global change scenarios on the Canadian agricultural system

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 915-924

  Newlands, Nathaniel K ^a   Zamar, David S ^a   McConkey, Brian ^a   Townley Smith, Lawrence ^a   Clark, O Grant ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; RISING TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INVESTMENTS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84875516765     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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