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Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot /
South East Queensland has been one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, both in terms of its rapidly growing population and an ever-expanding built environment. It is also one of the most vulnerable regions likely to suffer from the adverse impacts of climate change, especially increased flo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Author biographies; 1 So you think you know the answers
- some bear-traps of climate change adaptation; Do you understand? Climate models and displacement activities; Are you listening? The role of communication; Do you know what to do? Understanding what is effective adaptation; Conclusions; 2 Wicked, diabolical or what? Responding rationally in a turbulent environment; Introduction; Problems with the rationalist framing of climate change adaptation; The challenge of scientific uncertainty and reliability; The challenge of effective public participation
- The challenge of reconciling global and local perspectivesConclusions; 3 Rationality under uncertainty: why politics matters; Introduction; Who decides? Expert authority versus political authority; The rational policy model's irrational expectations under uncertainty; Better (more rational) decision making under uncertainty: hedging; Conclusions; 4 A Bayesian perspective of climate change adaptation in South East Queensland, Australia; Introduction; The Bayesian Belief Network modelling framework; Case study area; Stakeholder workshops; General outcomes of the participatory workshops
- A case study BBN for closer inspection: Energy workshopDiscussion; Conclusions; 5 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: a multi-level governance agenda; Introduction; Mainstreaming as a climate change adaptation strategy; Multi-level governance and adaptation in Australia; Mainstreaming adaptation in Australian coastal settlements; Learning from SEQ; Conclusions; 6 Show me the benefits: public participation in climate adaptation planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; Benefits at hand: what public participation can deliver; Research approach
- Institutional framings of public participation in adaptationGold Coast City Council's Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014; Sunshine Coast Council's Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy 2010-2020; Conclusions; 7 Climate adaptation policy and planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; National policies and plans; State/regional actions up to 2012; Recent state and regional changes; Local actions; Conclusions; 8 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation through technology transfer in developing countries: a climate hotspot case from coastal Bangladesh; Introduction
- Technology transfer in climate change adaptation in BangladeshBarriers to technology transfer and implementation in climate change adaptation; Conclusions; 9 Climate change hotspots in the tourism sector; Introduction; Geographic regions; Conclusions; 10 Integrating pollution reporting, climate changeadaptation, disaster risk management andland-use planning: a case study of the 2011Brisbane floods; Introduction; Policy strand 1: pollution reporting; Policy strand 2: climate change adaptation; Policy strand 3: disaster risk management; Policy strand 4: land-use planning