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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459453403321

Autore

Pelling Mark <1967-, >

Titolo

Adaptation to climate change : from resilience to transformation / / Mark Pelling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010

©2011, : Routledge

ISBN

1-134-02202-6

1-282-95915-8

9786612959158

0-203-88904-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

304.2/5

Soggetti

Acclimatization

Climate change mitigation

Climatic changes

Human beings - Climatic factors

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part I Framework and theory; 1 The adaptation age; 2 Understanding adaptation; Part II The resilience-transition-transformation framework; 3 Adaptation as resilience: Social learning and self-organisation; 4 Adaptation as transition: Risk and governance; 5 Adaptation as transformation: Risk society, human security and the social contract; Part III Living with climate change; 6 Adaptation within organisations; 7 Adaptation as urban risk discourse and governance

8 Adaptation as national political response to disasterPart IV Adapting with climate change; 9 Conclusion: adapting with climate change; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this



context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task - protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change. A more profound engagement, which sees climate change risks as a product and driver of social as well as natural systems, and their interaction, is called for. Adaptation to Climate Change argues that, without care, adaptive actions can deny the deeper political and cultural roots that call