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Climate change and the coast : building resilient communities /
"Coastal communities are in the front line of climate change. Escalating problems created by sea-level rise, more intense coastal storms, ocean acidification and other repercussions of climate change will exacerbate already pervasive impacts resulting from rapid coastal population growth and de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Coastal communities and the climate change imperative
- part 2. Climate change and the coastal zone : North America
- part 3. Climate change and the coastal zone : South and Southeast Asia
- part 4. Climate change and the coastal zone : Australasia
- part 5. Climate change and the coastal zone : small islands
- part 6. Climate change and the coastal zone : South America
- part 7. Climate change and the coastal zone : Europe
- part 8. Climate change and the coastal zone : Africa
- part 9. Conclusion and practical steps for adapting to climate change.
- Part I: Coastal communities and the climate change imperative. Introduction / Bruce C. Glavovic, P. Mick Kelly, Robert Kay, and Ailbhe Travers ; Climate drivers in the coastal zone / P. Mick Kelly ; On the frontline in the Anthropocene: Adapting to climate change through deliberative coastal governance / Bruce C. Glavovic
- Part II: Climate change and the coastal zone: North America. Social-ecological change in Canada's arctic: coping, adapting, and learning for an uncertain future / Dekek Armitage ; Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in coastal New York City / William Solecki [and 6 others] ; Crisis on the delta: Emerging trajectories for New Orleans / Joshua A. Lewis, Ann M. Yoachim, and Douglas J. Meffert
- Part III: Climate change and the coastal zone: South and Southeast Asia. Building resilient coastal communities by enabling participatory action: a case study from India / R. Ramesh, Ahana Lakshmi, Annie George, and R. Purvaja ; Climate adaptation technologies in agriculture and Water supply and sanitation practice in the coastal Region of Bangladesh / Saleemul Huq and M. Golam Rabbani ; Coastal zone management and climate policy in Vietnam / P. Mick Kelly ; A climate for change: a comparative analysis of climate change adaptation in rapidly urbanizing Australian and Chinese city regions / Darryl Low Choy, Chen Wen, and Silvia Serrao-Neumann
- Part IV: Climate change and the coastal zone: Australasia. The evolution of coastal vulnerability assessments to support adaptive decision-making in Australia: A review / Robert Kay, Ailbhe Travers, and Luke Dalton ; Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change: A case study of South East Queensland / Timothy F. Smith [and 14 others] ; From coping to resilience: The role of managed retreat in highly developed coastal regions of New Zealand / Andy Reisinger, Judy Lawrence, Georgina Hart, and Ralph Chapman
- Part V: Climate change and the coastal zone: small islands. A tale of two atoll nations: a comparison of risk, resilience, and adaptive response of Kiribati and the Maldives / Carmen Elrick-Barr, Bruce C. Glavovic, and Robert Kay ; Planning for coastal change in Caribbean small islands / Gillian Cambers and Sharon Roberts-Hodge
- Part VI: Climate change and the coastal zone: South America. A risk-based and participatory approach to assessing climate vulnerability and improving governance in Coastal Uruguay / Gustavo J. Nagy, Mónica Gómez-Erache, and Robert Kay ; The promise of coastal management in Brazil in times of global climate change / Marcus Polette, Dieter Muehe, Mario L.G. Soares, and Bruce C. Glavovic
- Part VII: Climate change and the coastal zone: Europe. Toward adaptive management in coastal zones: Experience from the eastern coastline of England / R. Kerry Turner and Tiziana Luisetti ; Adaptation to change in the North Sea area: Maritime spatial planning as a new planning challenge in times of climate change / Andreas Kannen and Beate M.W. Ratter ; Mainstreaming climate change adaptation with existing coastal management for the Mediterranean coastal region / Ailbhe Travers and Carmen Elrick-Barr
- Part VIII: Climate change and the coastal zone: Africa. Climate change and the coastal zone of Mozambique: Supporting decision-making for community-based adaptation / Ailbhe Travers, Timoteo C. Ferreira, Jessica Troni, and Arame Tall ; Climate change and the coasts of Africa: Durban case study / Andrew A. Mather and Debra C. Roberts
- Part IX: Conclusion and practical steps for adapting to climate change. Toward reflexive adaptation and resilient coastal communities / Bruce C. Glavovic, P. Mick Kelly, Robert Kay, and Ailbhe Travers.