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Adapting to climate change in Europe : exploring sustainable pathways, from local measures to wider policies / / edited by Hans Sanderson [and four others]
Adapting to climate change in Europe : exploring sustainable pathways, from local measures to wider policies / / edited by Hans Sanderson [and four others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 363.7387456094
Soggetto topico Climatic changes - Government policy - Europe
Environmental policy - Europe
Política ambiental
Canvi climàtic
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 0-12-849875-7
0-12-849887-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910583368503321
Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , 2018
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Advances in research on vegetable production under a changing climate . Volume 1 / / Shashank Shekhar Solankey, Meenakshi Kumari, Manoj Kumar, editors
Advances in research on vegetable production under a changing climate . Volume 1 / / Shashank Shekhar Solankey, Meenakshi Kumari, Manoj Kumar, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (262 pages)
Disciplina 635
Collana Advances in Olericulture
Soggetto topico Vegetables
Productes agrícoles
Canvi climàtic
Conreu d'hivernacle
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 3-030-63497-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910768446803321
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
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Applied Geomorphology and Contemporary Issues / / edited by Sujit Mandal, Ramkrishna Maiti, Michael Nones, Heinz R. Beckedahl
Applied Geomorphology and Contemporary Issues / / edited by Sujit Mandal, Ramkrishna Maiti, Michael Nones, Heinz R. Beckedahl
Edizione [1st ed. 2022.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (703 pages)
Disciplina 551.6
551.4
Collana Geography of the Physical Environment
Soggetto topico Geomorphology
Physical geography
Human ecology - Study and teaching
Environmental management
Engineering geology
Physical Geography
Environmental Studies
Environmental Management
Geoengineering
Canvi climàtic
Geomorfologia climàtica
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 3-031-04532-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Section I: Climate Change and Rivers Response -- Large-scale sediment transport modelling: development, application, and insights -- An Appraisal to Anthropogeomorphology of the Chel River basin, Outer Eastern Himalayas and foreland, West Bengal, India -- Channel Migration Vulnerability in the Kaljani River basin of Eastern India -- Exploring change of river morphology and water quality in the stone mine areas of Dwarka River Basin, Eastern India -- An attempt to forecast seasonal precipitation in the Comahue River basins (Argentina) to increase productivity performance in the region -- Channel Instability in Upper Tidal Regime of Bhagirathi-Hugli River, India -- The pattern of extreme precipitation and river-runoff from gauge data in Eastern Nepal -- Climate change and its impact on catchment linkage and connectivity -- Inter-decadal variability of precipitation patterns increasing the runoff intensity in Lower reach of Shilabati River basin, West Bengal -- Section II: Land degradation, Resource Depletion and Livelihood Challenges -- Are the badlands of Tapi Basin in Deccan Trap Region of India “Vanishing Landscape -- Soil Piping: Problems and Prospects -- Role of LU & LC types on the spatial distribution of Arsenic contaminated tube wells of Purbasthali I & II Blocks of Burdwan District, West Bengal, India -- Forecasting the danger of the forest fire season in north-west Patagonia, Argentina -- Quantifying the Spatio-seasonal Water Balance and Land Surface Temperature Interface in Chandrabhaga River Basin, Eastern India -- Application of ensemble machine learning models to assess the sub-regional groundwater potentiality: a GIS-based approach -- Enhancement of natural and technogenic soils through sustainable soil amelioration products for a reduction of aeolian and fluvial translocation processes -- Assessment of land use and land cover change in the Purulia district, India using LANDSAT data -- "Prioritization of Watershed Developmental Plan by the Identification of Soil Erosion Prone Areas using USLE & RUSLE Methods for Sahibi Sub-Watershed of Rajasthan and Haryana state, India" -- Estimation of soil erosion using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Model in Subarnarekha River Basin, India -- Land Cover Changes in Green Patches and its Impact on Carbon Sequestration in an Urban System, India -- Review on Sustainable Groundwater Development and Management Strategies Associated with the Largest Alluvial Multi-Aquifer Systems of Indo-Gangetic Basin in India -- Section III: Large Dams and River Systems -- Predicting the distribution of farm dams in rural South Africa using GIS and remote sensing -- Large Dams, Upstream Responses, and Riverbank Erosion: Experience -- Section IV: Climate Change, Geomorphic Hazards and human livelihood -- Climate Change and Human Performance: Assessment of Physiological Strain in Male Paddy Cultivators in Hooghly, West Bengal, India -- Study on Climate change and its impact on coastal habitats with special reference to ecosystem vulnerability of the Odisha coastline, India -- The Millennium Flood of the Upper Ganga Delta, West Bengal, India: A Remote Sensing Based Study -- Tropical Cyclone: A Natural Disaster with special reference to Amphan -- Observed changes in the precipitation regime in the Argentinean Patagonia and their geographical implication -- An assessment of severe storms, their impacts and social vulnerability in coastal areas: A case study of General Pueyrredon, Argentina -- Modelling and mapping landslide susceptibility of Darjeeling Himalaya using geospatial technology -- Climate change induced coastal hazards and community vulnerability in Indian Sundarban -- Sea-level changes along Bangladesh coast: how much we know about it? -- Assessing channel migration, bank erosion vulnerability and suitable human habitation sites in the Torsa River Basin of Eastern India using AHP model and geospatial technology.-Spatiotemporal Assessment of Drought Intensity and Trend Along With Change Point: A Study on Bankura District, West Bengal, India -- Landslide susceptibility assessment and management using advanced hybrid machine learning algorithms in Darjeeling Himalaya, India -- Predicting the landslide susceptibility in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan region, India using Boosted Regression Tree and REPTree machine learning techniques -- An Exploratory Analysis of Mountaineering Risk Estimation among the mountaineers in Indian Himalaya.
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The boy ready nations and disaster risk reduction : 19 countries in perspective / / edited by Michael H. Glantz
The boy ready nations and disaster risk reduction : 19 countries in perspective / / edited by Michael H. Glantz
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (391 pages)
Disciplina 363.3472
Collana Disaster Studies and Management
Soggetto topico Emergency management
Catàstrofes naturals
Canvi climàtic
Gestió d'emergències
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 9783030865030
9783030865023
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Introduction to El Niño -- 2 El Niño and Its Effects -- 3 What El Niño Can Do: Mapping Global and Regional Hotspots -- 4 Forecasting El Niño and What It Means to Be "El Niño Ready" -- 5 Deconstructing Readiness -- 6 Limits to Readiness -- 7 Being Ready: The Who, the by When, and the to What Degree -- 8 Strategic and Tactical Responses -- 9 Using El Niño History and Science -- 10 Climate Change and ENSO -- 11 "Mostly El Niño": Uncertainty and Degrees of Attribution -- References -- East Asia -- China -- 1 Climate, Water, and Weather Setting -- 2 Strength and Reliability of El Niño Teleconnections in China -- 3 Forecasting El Niño -- 4 El Niño Analogue Years Noted -- 5 Early Warning -- 6 CMA's El Niño Information and Forecasts -- 7 First Observations of 2015-2016 El Niño -- 8 Impacts Across China -- 9 Regional Impacts of El Niño -- 10 Government and NMHS -- 11 Inter-Agencies Involved with El Niño Forecasts and Impacts -- 12 Media Coverage -- 13 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 14 El Niño-Related Surprises -- 15 Some Lessons Learned from El Niño Events -- References -- South Asia -- The Maldives -- 1 Political and Economic Setting -- 2 Climate of Maldives -- 3 Strength of El Niño Teleconnections in Maldives -- 4 Challenges in Communicating El Niño to and Its Impacts on Society -- 5 Forecasting El Niño for Maldives -- 6 Teleconnections During the 2014-16 El Niño and Their Impacts -- 6.1 2014-2016 El Niño Event -- 6.2 Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) -- 6.3 Indian Ocean Warming -- 6.4 Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) -- 7 Climate Over Maldives, 2014-2016 -- 7.1 Rainfall -- 7.2 Temperature -- 8 What Were the Impacts on the Maldives? -- 8.1 Coral Bleaching -- 8.2 Flooding -- 8.3 Dengue -- 8.4 Fisheries -- 9 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 10 Lessons -- References -- Pakistan.
1 Political and Economic Setting -- 2 Strength of El Niño Teleconnections in Pakistan -- 3 Forecasting El Niño in Pakistan -- 4 El Niño Information and Forecasts -- 5 2015-2016 El Niño -- 5.1 Detection -- 5.2 Governance and Policy Response -- 6 Lessons Identified -- References -- Sri Lanka -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Political and Economic Setting and Vulnerability -- 3 Climate of Sri Lanka -- 4 Teleconnections with the Sri Lankan Climate -- 4.1 Impact of El Niño on Sri Lankan Climate -- 4.2 Influences of Indian Ocean Dipole -- 4.3 Indian Ocean Warming (IOW) -- 4.4 Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) -- 5 Forecasting El Niño -- 6 El Niño Information and Forecasting -- 7 Events During the 2014-2016 El Niño -- 8 Climate During the 2014-2016 El Niño -- 9 El Niño's Sectoral Impacts -- 9.1 Coral Bleaching -- 9.2 Drought in 2013-2014 -- 9.3 Flooding, October-December 2015 -- 9.4 Landslides and Floods, May 2016 -- 9.5 Hydropower -- 9.6 Rice Cultivation -- 9.7 Coconut Cultivation -- 9.8 Tea Cultivation -- 9.9 Dengue -- 10 Government and NMHS -- 11 Interagency Activities Dealing with El Niño Forecasts and Impacts -- 12 Media Coverage -- 13 Lessons Learned from El Niño Events -- References -- Southeast Asia -- The Philippines -- 1 The Philippines Context -- 2 Society -- 3 Economy -- 4 Geopolitical Structure -- 5 Research Method -- 6 An Overview of the 2015-2016 El Niño Event -- 7 Forecasting El Niño -- 8 The Media -- 9 "El Niño Readiness" Discourse: A Thematic Analysis -- 10 El Niño Impacts -- 11 Additional Noteworthy Impacts -- 12 Preparedness -- 13 Barriers to Preparedness -- 14 El Niño Discourse's Dominant Voices -- 15 Other Voices -- 16 Conflicting Voices -- 17 Concluding Comments -- References -- Myanmar -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global El Niño Situation in Early 2016 -- 3 A Brief History of El Niño in Myanmar -- 4 The 2016 El Niño Outlook Forum (ENOF).
5 Way Forward -- References -- Timor-Leste -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Drought, Agriculture, and Food Insecurity in Timor-Leste -- 3 The El Niño-Triggered Food Crisis of 2015-16 -- 3.1 El Niño Impacts in Timor-Leste -- 3.2 Timing of Impacts and Mitigative Actions Taken -- 3.3 Challenges Faced During the Drought Response -- 4 Modernizing Timor-Leste's NDMG to Support a Food Security EWS -- 4.1 Food Security-Focused Climate Products and Services -- 4.2 NDMG and User Interface -- 4.3 NDMG Modernization: Part of Broader Development and Investment Planning -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Vietnam -- 1 Political and Economic Setting -- 2 ENSO-Related Risk Management Systems in Vietnam -- 3 El Niño Teleconnections in Vietnam -- 4 Analogue Year Data -- 5 Forecasting and Early Warning El Niño -- 6 The 2015-16 El Niño -- 7 Impacts of the 2015-16 El Niño on Vietnam -- 7.1 Agriculture and Food Security -- 7.2 Electricity Production -- 7.3 Health and Water Security -- 7.4 Sudden-Onset Extreme Events -- 7.5 Biodiversity and Ecology -- 8 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 9 Some Lessons Learned from El Niño Events in Vietnam -- 10 Vietnam Country Case Study Executive Summary -- References -- South Pacific -- Fiji -- 1 Fiji Context: Political and Economic Setting -- 2 Strength of El Niño Teleconnections in Fiji -- 3 Response to the 2015-16 El Niño Forecast -- 4 First Forecast of the 2015-16 El Niño -- 5 Analogue Years Noted Before the 2015-16 El Niño Event -- 6 Forecasting the 2015-16 El Niño -- 7 The 2015-16 El Niño Early Warning -- 8 The 2015-16 El Niño Impacts in Fiji -- 9 Tropical Cyclone Winston: Early Warning and Response -- 10 Media Coverage of the 2015-2016 El Niño -- 11 Regional Impacts of El Niño 2015-16 -- 12 National Hydrological and Meteorological Services (NHMSs) -- 13 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 14 Lessons Learned from the 2015-16 El Niño -- References.
Pacific Islands Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 El Niño's Potential Impacts in the Pacific Region -- 3 Preparedness for El Niño -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Ethiopia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Climate-Related Hazards and Disaster -- 3 Different Governments, Different Levels of Preparedness -- 4 El Niño and the Ethiopian Economy -- 5 Ethiopian Preparedness and the 2015-16 El Niño -- 6 Impacts of and Responses to the 2015-16 El Niño -- 7 Resource Mobilization -- 8 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 9 Lessons Learned -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Kenya-Regional -- 1 Introduction and Setting -- 2 The East African Climate -- 3 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Kenya-Local -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Enabling Effective Preparedness and Response to Early Warning -- 3 Data Collection Methods -- 4 Study Area and Broader Context -- 5 Findings and Discussion -- 5.1 2015-16 El Niño Predictions in Kenya -- 5.2 Micro-Level Understanding and Perception of the El Niño Phenomenon -- 5.3 Micro-Level Impacts of the El Niño Rains, 2015 -- 5.4 Effectiveness of El Niño Early Warning Dissemination at the Local Level -- 5.5 Community Response and Preparedness Actions -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- South Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Socio-Political and Environmental Context of South Africa -- 2.1 Introduction to South Africa -- 2.2 Socioeconomic Context -- 2.3 Weather and Climate Patterns in South Africa -- 3 El Niño in South Africa: Science, Detection, and Impacts -- 3.1 El Niño Detection and Warning Issuance in South Africa -- 3.2 Past and Current El Niños -- 3.3 Impacts of the 2015-16 El Niño in South Africa -- 4 To Be Forewarned is to Be Forearmed: How South Africa Responded to the 2015-16 El Niño-Related Droughts -- 4.1 Governmental Structure, Legislation, and Processes -- 5 Response to the 2015-16 El Niño.
5.1 Response to Early Warnings -- 6 Response to Drought Impacts -- 7 Drought (Mis-)Management -- 8 El Niño in the Media -- 9 Lessons Learned for El Niño Readiness in South Africa: Insights from El Niño -- 9.1 Evolution of Drought Management Practices -- 9.2 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- References -- Latin America -- Central America -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Central American Context -- 3 Contending with Hydrometeorological Hazards in Central America -- 4 From Major Disasters to Prevention -- 5 El Niño in Central America -- 6 El Niño 2015-16: Early Forecasts and News Reports -- 7 El Niño Reporting on Central American Internet News Sites -- 8 The Credibility of the Region's NMHSs -- 9 Concluding Comments -- References -- Cuba -- 1 Political and Economic Setting -- 2 El Niño Teleconnections: Regional Impacts of El Niño -- 3 Impacts in Cuba -- 4 Forecasting El Niño -- 5 Suggested Analogue El Niño Years Noted During the 2015-16 Event -- 6 Early Warning -- 7 El Niño Information and Forecasts -- 8 First Indicators of the 2015-16 El Niño -- 9 Government and the NMHS -- 10 Inter-agencies Involved in El Niño Forecasting and Response -- 11 Media Coverage -- 12 Hurdles and Obstacles -- 13 El Niño-Related Surprises in Cuba -- 14 Lessons Learned from El Niño Events -- References -- Ecuador -- 1 Setting -- 2 The 2015-16 El Niño Event -- References -- The Panama Canal -- 1 Setting -- 2 The Strength of El Niño Teleconnections in Panama -- 3 Forecasting El Niño -- 3.1 Previous El Niño Years -- 4 Early Warning -- 5 The Source of Panama's El Niño Information and Forecasts -- 5.1 Formation of the 2015-16 El Niño -- 6 2015-16 El Niño Impacts on Panama -- 7 Regional Impacts of El Niño -- 8 Government and the NMHS -- 9 Inter-Agencies Involved with El Niño Forecasts and Impacts -- 9.1 Media Coverage -- 10 Hurdles and Obstacles.
10.1 Lessons Learned from Past and Current El Niño Events.
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]
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Building resilience to natural hazards in the context of climate change : knowledge integration, implementation and learning / / Gerard Hutter, Marco Neubert, Regine Ortlepp, editors
Building resilience to natural hazards in the context of climate change : knowledge integration, implementation and learning / / Gerard Hutter, Marco Neubert, Regine Ortlepp, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Wiesbaden, Germany : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (260 pages)
Disciplina 333.9516
Collana Studien Zur Resilienzforschung
Soggetto topico Resilience (Ecology)
Resiliència (Tret de la personalitat)
Catàstrofes naturals
Canvi climàtic
Urbanisme
Política urbana
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 3-658-33702-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Building Resilience to Natural Hazards in the Context of Climate Change-Introducing the Focus and Agenda of the Edited Volume -- 1.1 Purpose and Focus of the Volume -- 1.2 Introducing the Agenda -- 1.2.1 Building Resilience as a Core Element of Urban Resilience -- 1.2.2 Knowledge Integration -- 1.2.3 Implementation at Local Level -- 1.2.4 Learning in the Context of Participation and Multi-level Governance -- 1.3 Overview Over the Contributions to the Volume -- 2 Knowledge Integration for Building Resilience-the Example of Flood Risk Maps -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Three Approaches to Knowledge Integration -- 2.3 An illustrative example: Developing Flood risk Maps -- 2.3.1 Knowledge Sharing -- 2.3.2 Purposeful Combination of Specialized and Complementary Knowledge -- 2.3.3 Using similar/related Knowledge -- 2.4 Justifying knowledge Integration as Means to Build Resilience -- 2.4.1 Means and their Justification through Ends -- 2.4.2 Building Resilience as Pro- and Reactive Management of Disturbance and Surprise -- 2.4.3 Building Specified and General Resilience -- 2.5 Knowledge Integration and Urban Resilience -- 2.6 Conclusion and Outlook -- 3 Justice and Resilience in Flood Risk Management: What Are the Socio-Political Implications? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Justice-Environmental Justice-Climate Justice: Different, but the Same -- 3.2.1 Social Justice and Resilience -- 3.2.2 Environmental Justice and Resilience -- 3.2.3 Climate Justice and Resilience -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4 House Lifting to Improve Flood Resilience in Settlement Areas-an Example of the Elbe Village Brockwitz (Saxony, Germany) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 From Flood Risk Management to Resilience and Sustainability.
4.1.2 Background and the Idea of House Lifting in Brockwitz -- 4.2 Methodology -- 4.2.1 Overall Approach for Analyzing Flood Resilience and Sustainability -- 4.2.2 Analysis of Risk and Risk Mitigation -- 4.2.3 Analysis of Nature and Environmental Issues -- 4.3 Results and Discussion -- 4.3.1 Action Alternatives Investigated for the Case Study Brockwitz -- 4.3.2 Results of Environmental and Nature Conservation Aspects -- 4.3.3 Economic Aspects -- 4.3.4 First Overall Assessment of House Lifting in Brockwitz -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5 Sustainability and Resilience-A Practical Approach to Assessing Sustainability in Innovative Infrastructure Projects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sustainability Check for Innovative Infrastructure Projects -- 5.2.1 Integrating Sustainability and Resilience -- 5.2.2 Sustainability Check-A Practical Screening Approach for Infrastructure Projects -- 5.3 Resilience Understanding for Infrastructure Innovation -- 5.3.1 Why Resilience? -- 5.3.2 Resilience of What to What? -- 5.3.3 Which Resilience? -- 5.3.4 Resilience Where, for Whom and When? -- 5.3.5 Resilience-How? -- 5.4 Applying the Sustainability Check -- 5.4.1 How to Apply the Sustainability Check? -- 5.4.2 Application with Hypothetic and Real Cases -- 5.4.3 Sustainability Trends for Innovative Infrastructure Solutions -- 5.4.4 How Do Real World Projects Profit from the Sustainability Check -- 5.5 Concluding Discussion of Results and the Assessment Approach -- 6 Building Heat-Resilient Neighborhoods-Testing the Implementation on Buildings and in Open Spaces in Two Sample Quarters Dresden and Erfurt -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Multi-level Understanding of Resilience -- 6.2.1 Meanings of Resilience -- 6.2.2 Resilience of Individual Persons -- 6.2.3 Resilience of Buildings -- 6.2.4 Resilience of Open Spaces -- 6.2.5 Multi-level Understanding of Neighborhood's Resilience.
6.3 Structural and Technical Adaptation Solutions for Heat-resilient Buildings -- 6.3.1 Adaptation Concepts for Buildings and the Criteria of Citizens Involvement and Acceptance -- 6.3.2 Implementation of Measures in Existing Large Panel Construction Buildings -- 6.3.3 Planned implementation for Measures in Existing "Wilhelminian-style" Buildings -- 6.3.4 Implementation of Green Roofs on New Buildings -- 6.3.5 Enabling and Inhibiting Factors in Planning and Implementation -- 6.4 Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Solutions of Green Spaces for Heat-Resilient Neighborhoods -- 6.4.1 Identification of Adaptation Requirements in Open Spaces -- 6.4.2 Implementation of Measures in Green Spaces -- 6.4.3 Planned Implementation of Heat Resilient Tram and Bus Stops -- 6.4.4 Implementation of City Tree Planting -- 6.4.5 Implementation of Civic Watering Initiative for City Trees -- 6.4.6 Restricting and Inhibiting Factors of Planning and Implementing Climate Adaptation Measures -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 7 The Impulse Project Stuttgart-Stimulating Resilient Urban Development Through Blue-Green Infrastructure -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conceptual Framework -- 7.2.1 Conceptualizing and Designing Blue-green Infrastructure -- 7.2.2 Resilience of Buildings and Building Resilience -- 7.3 Project Description -- 7.3.1 Location, Concept and Design Process -- 7.3.2 Configuration and Functionality -- 7.3.3 Water Flow, Storage and Irrigation -- 7.3.4 Greywater Treatment -- 7.3.5 Urban Greening -- 7.3.6 Control and Monitoring System -- 7.4 Discussion and Transfer -- 7.4.1 The Impulse Project-a Showcase for Building Resilience? -- 7.4.2 The Impulse Project-an Impulse for Building Resilience? -- 8 Participation for Building Urban Climate Resilience? Results from Four Cities in Germany -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Expected Effects of Participation.
8.1.2 Lack of Empirical Evaluations of Participatory Approaches -- 8.1.3 Main Research Question and Chapter Overview -- 8.2 Resilience Concept for the Evaluation of Participation Effects -- 8.2.1 Resilience Knowledge, Action and Network -- 8.2.2 Focus on Actors and Dimensions Changeable by Participation -- 8.3 Evaluation of Participatory Processes on Adaptation to Climate Change in Four Cities in Germany -- 8.3.1 Methods: Questionnaires and Indicators of Resilience Increases -- 8.3.2 Results: Changes in Resilience Knowledge, Action and Network -- 8.4 Discussion -- 8.5 Conclusions -- 9 Building Resilience in the Context of Multi-Level Governance-Insights from a Living Lab in the Ruhr -- 9.1 Resilience and Its Critics -- 9.2 Adaptive Governance and Resilience -- 9.3 Institutional Environment: City Regions and Multi-level Governance -- 9.4 City-regional Governance in the Ruhr-Prepared for Resilience? -- 9.5 Bringing Resilience In? -- 9.6 Conclusion -- 10 Project-Based Learning for Building Urban Resilience-Reflecting on Project Examples of Climate Change Adaptation in the Dresden Region -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Towards a Typology of Project-Based Learning Opportunities for Building Urban Resilience -- 10.2.1 Urban Resilience and Learning from Projects -- 10.2.2 Learning from Projects to Increase Adaptive and Transformative Capacity -- 10.2.3 Outline of a Typology of Project-Based Learning Opportunities -- 10.3 Projects on Climate Change Adaptation-Examples in the Dresden region -- 10.3.1 Methodological Note -- 10.3.2 The Project REGKLAM: Do Large Projects Always have Strong Effects? -- 10.3.3 The Project HeatResilientCity (HRC): A Case of Inter-Project Learning? -- 10.4 Conclusion and Outlook.
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Wiesbaden, Germany : , : Springer, , [2021]
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Changing Climate, Changing Worlds : Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change / / edited by Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril, Brian J. Burke
Changing Climate, Changing Worlds : Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change / / edited by Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril, Brian J. Burke
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 551.6
Collana Ethnobiology
Soggetto topico Plants - Evolution
Climatology
Biodiversity
Plant ecology
Anthropology
Plant Evolution
Climate Sciences
Plant Ecology
Canvi climàtic
Protecció ambiental
Etnografia
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 3-030-37312-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword -- Introduction -- Global change through an indigenous lens -- People, water, fish and plants -- Pathways to bring ethnobiological contributions to climate change research -- Who’s climate? Who’s change? Various views from rural Northern Cameroon -- Indigenous Tea Farmers’ Responses and Adaptations to Climate Change -- Observing wild flora to understand local perceptions of climate change in a temperate rural area -- Understanding Climate Change and Planning for the Future in Southern Appalachia -- Rains and men -- The year people and wild animals got closer -- Understanding how pastoralists perceive environmental, including climate, changes and ideas for solutions -- Conclusions -- Index.
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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Climate change and livestock production : recent advances and future perspectives / / Veerasamy Sejian [and four others], editors
Climate change and livestock production : recent advances and future perspectives / / Veerasamy Sejian [and four others], editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (334 pages)
Disciplina 636
Soggetto topico Livestock - Climatic factors
Sustainable agriculture
Ramaderia ecologica
Canvi climàtic
Agricultura sostenible
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 981-16-9836-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910544855503321
Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]
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Climate change and the microbiome : sustenance of the ecosphere. / / D.K. Choudhary, Arti Mishra, Ajit Varma, editors
Climate change and the microbiome : sustenance of the ecosphere. / / D.K. Choudhary, Arti Mishra, Ajit Varma, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (737 pages)
Disciplina 631.4
Collana Soil Biology
Soggetto topico Soils and climate
Soil microbiology
Climatic changes
Microbiologia
Ecologia microbiana
Canvi climàtic
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 3-030-76863-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
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Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels [[electronic resource] ] : The Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Value-added Plant Bio-products / / edited by Ashwani Kumar, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Shinjiro Ogita, Renate Scheibe
Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels [[electronic resource] ] : The Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Value-added Plant Bio-products / / edited by Ashwani Kumar, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Shinjiro Ogita, Renate Scheibe
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (502 pages)
Disciplina 662.88
Soggetto topico Plant physiology
Plant biochemistry
Cell physiology
Climate change
Environmental engineering
Biotechnology
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Cell Physiology
Climate Change
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Canvi climàtic
Fotosíntesi
Energia de la biomassa
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 981-15-5228-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I: Photosynthesis and Biomass Production under Changing World -- Chapter 2. Climate Change: Challenges to Reduce Global Warming and Role of Biofuels -- Chapter 3. The multifaceted connections between photosynthesis and mitochondrial metabolism -- Chapter 4. Regulation of assimilatory processes and distribution of energy for improved productivity -- Chapter 5. Strategies to enhance photosynthesis for the improvement of crop yields -- Chapter 6. Photosynthetic Acclimation and Adaptation to Cold Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. What is the limiting factor? – The key question for grain yield of maize as a renewable resource under salt stress -- PART II: Microalgae and engineered crops for production of biofuels and high-value products -- Chapter 8. Bio-production from microalgal resources -- Chapter 9. Hydrogen photoproduction in green algae: novel insights and future perspectives -- Chapter 10. Synthetic Biofuels and Green-House Gas Mitigation -- Chapter 11. Synthetic biology and future production of biofuels and high-value products -- PART III: Genetic resources and engineering methods to improve crop plants -- Chapter 12. Kinetics, genetics and heterosis -- Chapter 13. Genome information resources to improve plant biomass productivity -- Chapter 14. RNA interference: formproving traits and disease management in plants -- Chapter 15. Current transformation methods for genome editing applications in energy crop sugarcane -- Chapter 16. Development of transgenic sugarcane for insect resistance -- Chapter 17. Rapid Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco cotyledons using toothpicks Yuan-Yeu Yau, Mona Easterling and Lindsey Brennan -- Chapter 18. Genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through conventional and biotechnological tools -- Chapter 19. Plant cell manipulation technology for bio-refinery. .
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Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels : The Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Value-added Plant Bio-products / / edited by Ashwani Kumar, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Shinjiro Ogita, Renate Scheibe
Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels : The Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Value-added Plant Bio-products / / edited by Ashwani Kumar, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Shinjiro Ogita, Renate Scheibe
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Springer Singapore, 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (502 pages)
Disciplina 662.88
Soggetto topico Plant physiology
Plant biochemistry
Cell physiology
Climate change
Environmental engineering
Biotechnology
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Cell Physiology
Climate Change
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Canvi climàtic
Fotosíntesi
Energia de la biomassa
Soggetto genere / forma Llibres electrònics
ISBN 981-15-5228-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I: Photosynthesis and Biomass Production under Changing World -- Chapter 2. Climate Change: Challenges to Reduce Global Warming and Role of Biofuels -- Chapter 3. The multifaceted connections between photosynthesis and mitochondrial metabolism -- Chapter 4. Regulation of assimilatory processes and distribution of energy for improved productivity -- Chapter 5. Strategies to enhance photosynthesis for the improvement of crop yields -- Chapter 6. Photosynthetic Acclimation and Adaptation to Cold Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. What is the limiting factor? – The key question for grain yield of maize as a renewable resource under salt stress -- PART II: Microalgae and engineered crops for production of biofuels and high-value products -- Chapter 8. Bio-production from microalgal resources -- Chapter 9. Hydrogen photoproduction in green algae: novel insights and future perspectives -- Chapter 10. Synthetic Biofuels and Green-House Gas Mitigation -- Chapter 11. Synthetic biology and future production of biofuels and high-value products -- PART III: Genetic resources and engineering methods to improve crop plants -- Chapter 12. Kinetics, genetics and heterosis -- Chapter 13. Genome information resources to improve plant biomass productivity -- Chapter 14. RNA interference: formproving traits and disease management in plants -- Chapter 15. Current transformation methods for genome editing applications in energy crop sugarcane -- Chapter 16. Development of transgenic sugarcane for insect resistance -- Chapter 17. Rapid Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco cotyledons using toothpicks Yuan-Yeu Yau, Mona Easterling and Lindsey Brennan -- Chapter 18. Genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through conventional and biotechnological tools -- Chapter 19. Plant cell manipulation technology for bio-refinery. .
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Springer Singapore, 2020
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