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Applied studies in climate adaptation /
The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptation practices through a series of case studies. It presents important evidence about adaptation practices in agriculture, businesses, the coastal zone, community services, disaster management, ecosystems, indigneous populations, and settlements...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Sussex, England :
John Wiley & Sons Ltd,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction to the book; 1.1 Why this book exists; 1.2 Structure and content of the book; Acknowledgements; Chapter 2 Adaptation as a field of research and practice: notes from the frontiers of adaptation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Argument 1: the Australian experience; 2.3 Argument 2: farewell to the no-adaptation world; 2.4 Argument 3: the obfuscations of adaptation classifications; 2.5 Argument 4: the nature of adaptation research; 2.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References.
- Section 1 Frameworks for enabling adaptationChapter 3 Thoughts on the context of adaptation to climate change; References; Chapter 4 Reflections on disaster loss trends, global climate change and insurance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Property losses and natural disasters due to extreme weather; 4.3 Timescale at which an anthropogenic climate change signal might be observed in US tropical cyclone losses; 4.4 Government provision of catastrophe insurance; 4.5 Can insurers promote climate change adaptation?; 4.6 So what can we do?; References.
- Chapter 5 Designing spatial adaptation planning instruments5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Method; 5.3 Typology of spatial planning instruments; 5.4 Institutional context for spatial adaptation planning; 5.5 Recommendations for instrument selection and design; 5.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 6 Public risk perceptions, understandings and responses to climate change; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Methodology and procedures; 6.3 Overview of findings; 6.4 Research findings; 6.5 Conclusions and implications; References; Chapter 7 Bridging the gap between researchers and decision-makers.
- 7.1 Decision-making under uncertainty7.2 Assessing the gap between researchers and decision-makers; 7.3 Recommendations to help bridge the gap; References; Section 2 Managing ecosystems under climate change; Chapter 8 The challenge of biodiversity adaptation under climate change; 8.1 The challenge; 8.2 The growing quiver of adaptation tools; 8.3 Emerging threats to successful adaptation; 8.4 The bottom line; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 9 Management options for bird conservation in the face of climate change; 9.1 Introduction.
- 9.2 The purpose of management in the face of climate change9.3 General principles; 9.4 Actions; 9.5 Timing and continuity; 9.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 10 Methods to prioritise adaptation options for iconic seabirds and marine mammals impacted by climate change; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Going beyond a shopping list of adaptation options; 10.3 Generating adaptation options; 10.4 Evaluating options using a cost-benefit-risk framework; 10.5 Evaluating barriers to implementing adaptation options; 10.6 Evaluating social acceptability of adaptation options.