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Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards / edited by Walter Leal Filho, Haruna Musa, Gina Cavan, Paul O'Hare, Julia Seixas

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Climate Change Management | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Cham ; s.l. : Springer International Publishing, 2016Description: Online-Ressource (IX, 459 p. 65 illus., 49 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9783319398808
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783319398792 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-39879-2 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 333.7
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39880-8Online resources: Summary: Preface -- Part I: Climate Change Adaptation Practices -- Part II: Fostering Resilience and Handling Hazards.Summary: This book analyses the links between climate change adaptation, resilience and the impacts of hazards. The contributors cover topics such as climate change adaptation in coastal zones, the evaluation of community land models, climate change considerations in public health and water resource management, as well as conceptual frameworks for understanding vulnerabilities to extreme climate events. The book focuses on a variety of concrete projects, initiatives and strategies currently being implemented across the world. It also presents case studies, trends, data and projects that illustrate how cities, communities and regions have been striving to achieve resilience and have handled hazards.PPN: PPN: 165846351XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXEF | ZDB-2-ECF
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