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Titolo: | Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction Issues and challenges [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Pereira |
Pubblicazione: | Bingley, UK, : Emerald, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.346 |
Soggetto topico: | Climate change mitigation |
Emergency management | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | ShawRajib PulhinJuan M PereiraJoy J |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction |
ISBN: | 1-282-96411-9 |
9786612964114 | |
0-85724-488-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459709803321 |
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