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International Global Change Institute Papers

Research Commons

International Global Change Institute Papers

 

The International Global Change Institute (IGCI) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute focusing on the human dimensions of global environmental change. IGCI's goal is to integrate knowledge on the natural and human dimensions of global environmental change for use in policy development and decision-making. It is a self-funding unit within the University of Waikato.

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  • New developments of the SimCLIM model for simulating adaptation to risks arising from climate variability and change  
    Warrick, Richard A.; Ye, Wei; Kouwenhoven, P.; Hay, J.E.; Cheatham, C. (Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2005)
    This paper describes these improvements to SimCLIM and demonstrates their application through a pilot study of coastal flood risk from tropical cyclones in a community on the island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Multiple ...
  • Effects of climate change on maize production, and potential adaptation measures: a case study in Jilin Province, China  
    Wang, Meng; Li, Yinpeng; Ye, Wei; Bornman, Janet F.; Yan, Xiaodong (Inter-Research, 2011)
    Jilin is among the most important grain-producing provinces in China. Its maize production plays an important role in local and national food security. In this study, we developed a new approach to assess the vulnerability ...
  • Statistical downscaling of regional daily precipitation over southeast Australia based on self-organizing maps  
    Yin, Chonghua; Li, Yinpeng; Ye, Wei; Bornman, Janet F.; Yan, Xiaodong (Springer, 2010)
    This paper presents a novel statistical downscaling method based on a non-linear classification technique known as self-organizing maps (SOMs) and has therefore been named SOM-SD. The relationship between large-scale ...
  • The nature of natural: defining natural character for the New Zealand context  
    Froude, Victoria A.; Rennie, Hamish Gordon; Bornman, Janet F. (New Zealand Ecological Society, 2010)
    New Zealand has a long-standing statutory policy goal to preserve the natural character of the coastal environment and various freshwater environments and their margins. In the absence of an authoritative definition, it ...
  • Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report, 2009  
    Andrady, Anthony; Aucamp, Pieter J.; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Ballare, Carlos L.; Bjorn, Lars Olof; Bornman, Janet F.; Caldwell, Martyn M.; Cullen, Anthony P.; Erickson, David J.; de Gruijl, Frank R.; Hader, Donat- P.; Ilyas, Mohammad; Kulandaivelu, G.; Kumar, H. D.; Longstreth, Janice; McKenzie, Richard L.; Norval, Mary; Paul, Nigel; Redhwi, Halim Hamid; Smith, Raymond C.; Solomon, Keith R.; Sulzberger, Barbara; Takizawa, Yukio; Tang, Xiaoyan; Teramura, Alan H.; Torikai, Ayako; van der Leun, Jan C.; Wilson, Stephen R.; Worrest, Robert C.; Zepp, Richard G. (2010)
    The parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three panels of experts. One of these is the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with UV radiation and its effects on human health, animals, plants, ...

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