Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction Issues and challenges [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Pereira

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459709803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, UK, : Emerald, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-96411-9; 9786612964114; 0-85724-488-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Collana: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; ; vol. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): ShawRajib; PulhinJuan M; PereiraJoy J
• Disciplina: 363.346
• Soggetti: Climate change mitigation; Emergency management; 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; List of Editors; Brief Introduction to the Series; Brief Introduction to the Volume; Preface; Chapter 1. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: overview of issues and challenges; Introduction; Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction; Common issues and challenges of CCA and DRR; Structure of the book; Acknowledgment; References; Part I; Chapter 2. Embedding climate change adaptation within disaster risk reductionChapter 3. Disaster risk reduction under the United Nations framework convention on climate change; Chapter 4. Promoting adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the post-Kyoto climate regime; Chapter 5. Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Enabling environment for integration; Part II; Chapter 6. Adaptive governance of risks: climate, water, and disasters; Chapter 7. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction ; through school education: Perspectives and challenges; Chapter 8. Teleprocessing for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reductionPart III; Chapter 9. Climate change adaptation and urban risk management; Chapter 10. Climate change adaptation and coastal zone management; Chapter 11. Climate change adaptation and community forest management; Chapter 12. River basin management for effective disaster risk reduction in the face of changing climate; Chapter 13. Housing sector considerations in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; Part IV; Chapter 14. Integrated management of urban flooding for climate change adaptation in developing countriesChapter 15. Integrating disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation: Recent initiatives in South Asia; Chapter 16. Climate change adaptation in ASEAN: Actions and challenges; Chapter 17. Climate change adaptation issues in small island developing states
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are closely associated. This volume will help researchers and practitioners to have a better idea on the current trend of research in the field, and will provide basic knowledge on this important topic.