Climate Change Adaptation : An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer /

Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these efforts have floundered, floods, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters are becoming more frequent and potent. As the risks escalate, we must ask how to ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dale, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2022]
Colección:Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
Temas:
Climate change mitigation.
Climatic changes-Social aspects.
Climatic changes.
Global environmental change.
SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ACRONYMS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 FOUNDATIONS Science, Policy, and Institutions
  • 2 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Early Warning, Early Action
  • 3 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
  • 4 URBAN PLANNING FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION
  • 5 AGRICULTURE, LAND USE, AND FOOD SECURITY
  • 6 INSURANCE AS RISK TRANSFER
  • 7 MIGRATION AND MANAGED RETREAT
  • 8 INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE
  • 9 SYNERGIES AND BEST PRACTICES
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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