Climate adaptation futures / / edited by Jean Palutikof ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes; Global environmental change; Environmental policy
• Altri autori: PalutikofJean
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Advances in adaptation thinking -- section 3. Enabling frameworks and policy for adaptation -- section. 4. Engaging with stakeholders -- section 5. Key challenges in adaptation and development -- section 6. Natural systems and agricultural production -- section 7. Water security -- section 8. Urban infrastructure and livelihoods -- section 9. Extremes, disaster management and adaptation.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adaptation is the poor cousin of the climate change challenge - the glamour of international debate is around global mitigation agreements, while the bottom-up activities of adaptation, carried out in community halls and local government offices, are often overlooked. Yet, as international forums fail to deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the world is realising that effective adaptation will be essential across all sectors to deal with the unavoidable impacts of climate change. The need to understand how to adapt effectively, and to develop appropriate adaptation options and ac
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate adaptation futures
• ISBN: 9781118529577; 111852957X; 9781299181298; 1299181295; 9781118529584; 1118529588
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817064503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II