Managing the climate crisis : assessing our risks, options, and prospects /

Using a risk management approach to tease apart the complex issue of climate change, this book assesses the key vulnerabilities and redirects the discussion to present a comprehensive plan to overhaul our response to climate change.• Introduces a broader audience to climate change as a crisis alread...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schneider, Robert O.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2016]
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Risk assessment.
Climate change mitigation.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements > Évaluation du risque.
Climat > Changements > Atténuation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes > Risk assessment
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Using a risk management approach to tease apart the complex issue of climate change, this book assesses the key vulnerabilities and redirects the discussion to present a comprehensive plan to overhaul our response to climate change.• Introduces a broader audience to climate change as a crisis already in motion that poses predictable risks and urgently requires public policy changes and the creation of a national climate policy• Makes the'invisible crisis'of climate change visible and comprehensible by enabling readers to understand the problem in the context of hazard risk and risk management -- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9781440839993
1440839999

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