LEADER 03645oam 22007815 450 001 9910780940403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-50210-7 010 $a9786612502101 010 $a0-8213-8132-6 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8131-1 035 $a(CKB)2540000000000654 035 $a(EBL)515763 035 $a(OCoLC)593265621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085201 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12006908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085201 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10022974 035 $a(PQKB)10232297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515763 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364985 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250210 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn430522926 035 $a(US-djbf)15860683 035 $a(EXLCZ)992540000000000654 100 $a20090808d2010 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAdapting to climate change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia /$fMarianne Fay, Rachel I. Block, Jane Ebinger, editors 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cWorld Bank,$d[2010] 210 4$dcopyright 2010. 215 $axxi, 180 pages $ccol. illustrations, color maps ;$d26 cm 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8131-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; About the Editors and Authors; Acknowledgments; ECA Countries and Subregions; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; 1. A Framework for Developing Adaptation Plans; Tables; Boxes; 2. How ECA's Climate Has Changed and Is Likely to Change Further; Maps; 3. Human Health: The Most Basic Vulnerability; 4. Climate Change Will Make Water and Land Management More Complex; 5. The Unbuilt Environment: Agriculture and Forestry; 6. The Built Environment: Cities, Water Systems, Energy, and Transport; 7. Protection and Preparation: Disaster Risk Management and Weather Forecasting 327 $aReferencesIndex 330 $aThe climate is changing and many Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries are vulnerable to the consequences. Many countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and cost of natural disasters have risen dramatically in the region. And the concentration of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere guarantees that similar or greater changes are yet to come, even if the world completely stopped emitting carbon dioxide. Now, and at least for the near future, ECA vulnerabi 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zRussia (Federation) 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a363.700947 701 $aBlock$b Rachel I$01530120 701 $aEbinger$b Jane O$01510977 701 $aFay$b Marianne$01499471 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bAGL 801 2$bKAAUA 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780940403321 996 $aAdapting to climate change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia$93774911 997 $aUNINA