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Flooding and climate change : sectorial impacts and adaptation strategies for the Caribbean region /

This book covers many aspects of global climate change and flooding within the Caribbean region and examines the impacts of these on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean, on coastal and wetland ecosystems, and on the health sector in Trinidad. It provides an account of and the vulnerability and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chadee, Dave D. (Editor ), Sutherland, Joan M. (Editor ), Agard, John B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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490 1 |a Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
505 0 |a FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SECTORIAL IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CAUSES OF FLOODING; 3. FLOODING PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. OBSERVED CLIMATE TRENDS AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS -- PRECIPITATION AND SEA LEVEL RISE. 
505 8 |a 3. POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM PROJECTED CHANGES AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES4. SELECTED CASE STUDIES IN SMALL ISLAND STATES (CARIBBEAN AND, WHERE AVAILABLE, PACIFIC AND IMA REGION); 5. CASE STUDIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: IMPACT OF FLOODING ON THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DIRT; 3. HYDRAULIC CIVILISATIONS AND THE RISE OF AGRICULTURE; 4. FLOODING; 5. FOOD SECURITY; 6. FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES; 7. CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER FLOODING IN COASTAL ZONES: SANDY BEACHES, CORAL REEFS AND SEAGRASS BEDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION. 
505 8 |a COASTAL FLOODINGMITIGATION MEASURES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: EFFECTS OF FRESHWATER FLOODING ON MANGROVES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DISTRIBUTION OF MANGROVES; 3. WHY ARE MANGROVES IMPORTANT?; 4. FRESHWATER FLOODING AND MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; 5. IMPACT OF FRESHWATER FLOODING ON MANGROVE TREES; 6. IMPACT OF FLOODING ON MANGROVE FAUNA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: HEALTH EFFECTS OF FLOODING IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. POVERTY, HEALTH AND VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; 3. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH. 
505 8 |a 4. INITIAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF FLOODING EVENTS5. ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE BUILDING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF COMMUNITIES TO FLOOD PREVENTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES; ABSTRACT; 1. BACKGROUND; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. RESULTS; 5. DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; 3. ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT. 
505 8 |a 4. APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATED GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENTCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: USING GIS IN DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. AVAILABLE FLOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; 3. GIS IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT; 4. A GIS APPROACH TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: FLOODING IN JAMAICA: CAUSES AND CONTROLS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FLOODING AS AN ECONOMIC HAZARD; 3. INFLUENCING FACTORS; 4. COPING STRATEGIES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. 
520 |a This book covers many aspects of global climate change and flooding within the Caribbean region and examines the impacts of these on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean, on coastal and wetland ecosystems, and on the health sector in Trinidad. It provides an account of and the vulnerability and successful adaptation measures of Jamaica. A report of a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) study provides a better understanding of the socio-economic impacts of flooding, people's role in exacerbating actual and potential flooding episodes and in evaluating their prevention measures. There are. 
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