Municipalities addressing climate change : a case study of Norway /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kelman, Ilan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2011.
Colección:Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Government policy > Norway > Case studies.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatic changes > Government policy
Norway
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • MUNICIPALITIES ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTENTS ; Introduction ; 1.1. ADAPTING TO EXTREME WEATHER IN NORWEGIAN MUNICIPALITIES; 1.2. THIS BOOK'S CONTENTS ; 1.3. WHERE TO GO NEXT?; CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY ; 2.1. INTRODUCTION ; 2.2. THE NORWEGIAN CLIMATE ; 2.3. CLIMATE CHANGE SO FAR ; 2.4. PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS FOR NORWAY ; 2.5. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS ; 2.6. ADAPTING TO FACE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS ; 2.7. MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DRINKING WATER, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ; 2.8. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES.
  • RUNOFF AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY 3.1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ; 3.2. OVERVIEW OF STATUS OF AGRICULTURE-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE LINKS ; 3.3. CASE STUDIES ; 3.4. PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR CATCHMENTS; 3.5. RECOMMENDATIONS ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN RELATION TO DRINKING WATER TREATMENT IN NORWAY ; 4.1. INTRODUCTION ; 4.2. DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER ; 4.3. MICROBIAL PATHOGENS ; 4.4. OTHER POTENTIAL CHALLENGES CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY ; CONCLUSIONS.
  • 5.10. THE CHANGING CLIMATE INCREASES THE CORROSION 5.11. MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEASURES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY ; 6.1. INTRODUCTION: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ; 6.2. SHORT-TERM EFFECTS ; 6.3. LONG-TERM EFFECTS ; 6.4. THREE CHALLENGES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; LOCAL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN NORWAY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: FLOOD RISK REDUCTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ; 7.1. THE NATURAL FLOW REGIME AND RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS ; 7.2. THE NATURAL FLOW REGIME, RIVER LANDSCAPES, AND BIODIVERSITY.
  • 7.3. CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY 7.4. FLOODPLAINS ; 7.5. FLOODPLAINS AND RIVER DELTAS IN NORWAY ; 7.6. LOCAL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ; 7.7. A MORE SOCIALLY OPTIMAL APPROACH TO FLOOD PREVENTION? ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; MUNICIPALITIES MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE ; 8.1. INTRODUCTION ; 8.2. TWO MUNICIPALITIES LIVING WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ; 8.3. INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS
  • GOVERNANCE ISSUES ; 8.4. Financial Barriers
  • Lack of Economic Incentives ; 8.5. CAPACITY BARRIERS
  • UNCERTAINTY ISSUES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; INDEX.

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