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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452774503321

Autore

O'Brien Geoff

Titolo

Managing adaptation to climate risk : beyond fragmented responses / / Geoff O'Brien and Phil O'Keefe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

0-415-60094-4

1-136-86681-7

0-203-83691-X

1-136-86682-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'KeefePhilip

Disciplina

363.349216

Soggetti

Human ecology

Climatic extremes

Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 The sustainability problem; 2 The climate journey; 3 Climate extremes: does a post-normal approach make sense?; 4 Disaster management; 5 Adaptation; 6 The concept of resilience; 7 Development; 8 Social capital and social learning; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index