Climate change and the coast : building resilient communities / / Bruce C. Glavovic, Mick Kelly, Robert Kay, Ailbhe Travers

• Autore: Glavovic Bruce C (Bruce Christopher)
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (580 p.)
• Disciplina: 627.58
• Soggetto topico: Coastal engineering; Shore protection; Coast changes; Climatic changes; Climatic changes - Environmental aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): KellyMike; KayRobert; TraversAilbhe
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Climate drivers in the coastal zone; Chapter 3: On the frontline in the Anthropocene : Adapting to climate change through deliberative coastal governance; Chapter 4: Social-ecological change in Canada's Arctic : Coping, adapting, and learning for an uncertain future; Chapter 5: Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in coastal New York City; Chapter 6: Crisis on the delta : Emerging trajectories for New Orleans ; Chapter 7: Building resilient coastal communities by enabling participatory action : A case study from IndiaChapter 8: Climate adaptation technologies in agriculture and water supply and sanitation practice in the coastal region of Bangladesh; Chapter 9: Coastal zone management and climate policy in Vietnam; Chapter 10: A climate for change : A comparative analysis of climate change adaptation in rapidly urbanizing Australian and Chinese city regions; Chapter 11: The evolution of coastal vulnerability assessments to support adaptive decision-making in Australia : A review ; Chapter 12: Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change : A case study of South East QueenslandChapter 13: From coping to resilience : The role of managed retreat in highly developed coastal regions of New Zealand; Chapter 14: A tale of two atoll nations : A comparison of risk, resilience, and adaptive response of Kiribati and the Maldives; Chapter 15: Planning for coastal change in Caribbean small islands; Chapter 16: A risk-based and participatory approach to assessing climate vulnerability and improving governance in coastal Uruguay ; Chapter 17: The promise of coastal management in Brazil in times of global climate changeChapter 18: Toward adaptive management in coastal zones : Experience from the eastern coastline of England; Chapter 19: Adaptation to change in the North Sea area : Maritime spatial planning as a new planning challenge in times of climate change; Chapter 20: Mainstreaming climate change adaptation with existing coastal management for the Mediterranean coastal region; Chapter 21: Climate change and the coastal zone of Mozambique : Supporting decision-making for community-based adaptation ; Chapter 22: Climate change and the coasts of Africa : Durban case studyChapter 23: Toward reflexive adaptation and resilient coastal communities; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Coastal communities are in the front line of climate change. Escalating problems created by sea-level rise, more intense coastal storms, ocean acidification and other repercussions of climate change will exacerbate already pervasive impacts resulting from rapid coastal population growth and development intensification. Coastal communities will only survive and prosper in the coming decades if all concerned make a concerted effort to improve their resilience and adaptability.Telling the stories of real-world communities in diverse coastal settings, this book draws upon the latest research findi
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change and the coast
• ISBN: 0-429-18288-0; 1-4822-8858-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816834403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II