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David C. Major
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 33
Citations - 1125
David C. Major is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Coastal flood. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 32 publications receiving 1007 citations.
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Water resources for agriculture in a changing climate: international case studies
Cynthia Rosenzweig,Kenneth Strzepek,David C. Major,Ana Iglesias,David Yates,Alyssa McCluskey,Daniel Hillel +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the implications of changes in crop water demand and water availability for the reliability of irrigation, taking into account changes in competing municipal and industrial demands, and explored the effectiveness of adaptation options in maintaining reliability.
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Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies
Cynthia Rosenzweig,William Solecki,Reginald Blake,Malcolm J. Bowman,Craig Faris,Vivien Gornitz,Radley M. Horton,Klaus H. Jacob,Alice LeBlanc,Robin Leichenko,Megan Linkin,David C. Major,Megan A. O’Grady,Lesley Patrick,Edna Sussman,Gary W. Yohe,Rae Zimmerman +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the comprehensive process, approach, and tools for adaptation developed by the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) in conjunction with the region's stakeholders who manage its critical infrastructure, much of which lies near the coast.
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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh
Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Ahmadul Hassan,Abu Saleh Khan,Alex C. Ruane,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David C. Major,James Thurlow +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a simple economy-wide CGE model and construct the Social Accounting Matrix for Bangladesh Index to model the impacts of climate risks on the agriculture sector.
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Multi-factor impact analysis of agricultural production in Bangladesh with climate change
Alex C. Ruane,David C. Major,Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Mozaharul Alam,Sk. Ghulam Hussain,Abu Saleh Khan,Ahmadul Hassan,Bhuiya Md. Tamim Al Hossain,Richard Goldberg,Radley M. Horton,Cynthia Rosenzweig +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a suite of global climate models (GCMs) are used to drive models assessing the agricultural impact of changes in temperature, precipitation, carbon dioxide concentrations, river floods, and sea level rise for the 2040-2069 period in comparison to a historical baseline.
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Managing climate change risks in New York City's water system: assessment and adaptation planning
Cynthia Rosenzweig,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David C. Major,Kate Demong,Christina Stanton,Radley M. Horton,Melissa Stults +6 more
TL;DR: The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) developed a climate risk management framework through its Climate Change Task Force, a government-university collaborative effort as mentioned in this paper.