Managing climate risks in coastal communities : strategies for engagement, readiness and adaptation /

This volume reports on the research completed as part of the multi-year New England Climate Adaptation Project (NECAP), a partnership between the MIT Science Impact Collaborative, the US Government's National Estuarine Research Reserve System, four New England coastal towns, and the Consensus B...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Susskind, Lawrence (Autor), Rumore, Danya Lee (Autor), Hulet, Carri (Autor), Field, Patrick, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2015.
Colección:Anthem ecosystem services and restoration.
Temas:
Coastal zone management.
Climatic changes > Risk management.
Coastal engineering.
Littoral > Aménagement.
Climat > Changements > Gestion du risque.
Travaux maritimes.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
SCIENCE > Global Warming & Climate Change.
Climatic changes > Risk management
Coastal engineering
Coastal zone management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I ; Helping coastal communities prepare for and respond to climate change-related risks
  • Assessing the social landscape, understanding the readiness challenge
  • Why public engagement is necessary to enhance local readiness for climate adaptation
  • NECAP summary risk assessments : creating usable knowledge to help communities manage climate change risks
  • Enhancing readiness to adapt through role-play simulations
  • Reflecting on the New England Climate Adaptation Project : lessons learned
  • Toward a theory of collective risk management
  • Appendices ; Appendix 1: Climate change projections : Barnstable
  • Appendix 2: Climate change projections : Cranston
  • Appendix 3: Climate change projections : Dover
  • Appendix 4: Climate change projections : Wells
  • Appendix 5: Workshop pre-questionnaire
  • Appendix 6: Workshop post-questionnaire
  • Appendix 7: Data appendix : workshop survey and public poll tables ; Pre-workshop survey
  • Post-workshop survey
  • 2013 public poll
  • 2014 public poll.
  • Part II ; Introduction
  • Stakeholder assessment : Dover, New Hampshire
  • Risk assessment : Barnstable, Massachusetts
  • Role-play simulation : Wells, Maine
  • Case study : Cranston, Rhode Island
  • Public poll report : Wells, Maine.

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