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<p>Contributors vii</p> <p>Preface xi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiv</p> <p>1 Synthesizing Observed Impacts of Extreme Weather Events Across Systems 1<br /><i>Dáithí A. Stone</i></p> <p>2 The Impact of Heat Waves on Agricultural Labor Productivity and Output 11<br /><i>Federico Castillo, Armando Sánchez Vargas, J. K. Gilless, and Michael Wehner</i></p> <p>3 Weather Extremes That Affect Various Agricultural Commodities 21<br /><i>Richard Grotjahn</i></p> <p>4 Economics of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture 49<br /><i>Xuemei Lu, Jesse Buchsbaum, and David Zilberman</i></p> <p>5 Agricultural Losses in a Telecoupled World: Modeling the Impacts of Regional Crop Failures on Global Land Use 67<br /><i>John P. Casellas Connors, Anthony Janetos, and Yasmin Romitti</i></p> <p>6 Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions: A Case Study of Maize and Bean Farmers in Guatemala and Honduras 89<br /><i>Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Francisco Alpízar, Leyla Aguilar-Solano, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Raffaele Vignola, Bárbara Viguera, and Celia A. Harvey</i></p> <p>7 Simulation Model Based on Agents for Land Use Change and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Land Management Policies 107<br /><i>Armando Sánchez Vargas, D. Martínez Ventura, C. Gay García, A. L. Herrera Merino, and Bernardo Olvera</i></p> <p>8 Climate Extremes, Political Participation, and Migration Intentions of Farmers: A Case Study in Western China 115<br /><i>Yan Tan and Xuchun Liu</i></p> <p>9 Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Internal Migration in Rural Guatemala 135<br /><i>Deicy Lozano Sivisaca, Juan Robalino, Adriana Chacón Cascante, Pablo Imbach, and Catalina Sandoval</i></p> <p>10 Extreme Heat Exposure and Occupational Health in a Changing Climate 147<br /><i>Jennifer Vanos, Sally Moyce, Bruno Lemke, and Tord Kjellstrom</i></p> <p>11 Tropical Cyclone Impacts 167<br /><i>Jennifer M. Collins and Charles H. Paxton</i></p> <p>12 On the Relationship Between Heat Waves and Extreme Precipitation in a Warming Climate 183<br /><i>Ajay Raghavendra and Shawn M. Milrad </i> </p> <p>13 Evaluating Economic Output at Risk to Climate Change: A Sectoral Comparison of Economic Sensitivity to Weather 205<br /><i>Colin Shaw, Samuel G. Evans, and Joshua Turner</i></p> <p>Index 219</p>

<p><b>Dr. Federico Castillo</b>, Specialist Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.</p><p><b>Dr. Michael Wehner</b>, Senior Scientist, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.</p><p><b>Dr. Dáithí A. Stone</b>, Climate Scientist, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership, Oxford, UK.</p>

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