Atlas of Global Change Risk of Population and Economic Systems

Dr. Peijun Shi received his Ph.D. dregree in Geology from Beijing Normal University in 1988. Dr. Shi is a professor of Beijing Normal University, the president of Qinghai Normal University, the deputy dean of the Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Emergency Management and Ministry of Education of China. Dr. Shi focuses on the research of natural disaster and environment change. His recent research interests include: global climate change and risk assessment, etc. Dr. Shi is an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. He is the co-chair of the scientific committee of the Integrated Risk Governance Project, a core project of Future Earth and the International Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental Change. Dr. Shi also services as the member of the UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group, the jury member of the Volvo Environment Prize, the chairman of The Expert Committee of National Disaster Reduction Commission of China, the technical group leader of the first national natural disaster risk survey in China, and the member of the Expert Group of the State Emergency Management Office under The State Council of China.

Part I Environments.- Part II Climate changes.- Temperature.- Precipitation.- Wind speed.- Part III: Population and economic system changes.- Population.- Gross domestic Production.- Global crop distribution.- Global industrial value added.- Global road system.- Global population exposure to high temperature.- Global population exposure to rainstorm.- Global GDP exposure to drought.- Global Crop exposure to extremely high temperature.- Part IV Global change risks.- Population risks.- Crop yield risks.- GDP loss risks.