Hard choices : climate change in Canada / / edited by Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver
| Hard choices : climate change in Canada / / edited by Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Waterloo, Ont., : Published for Centre for Studies in Religion and Society by WLU Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.6971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CowardHarold G
WeaverAndrew J <1961-> (Andrew John) |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Canada
Climatology |
| ISBN |
9786610926046
9781280926044 128092604X 9781554580811 1554580811 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The science of climate change / Andrew J. Weaver -- The human challenges of climate change / Steve Lonergan -- Impacts of climate change in Canada / James P. Bruce and Stewart J. Cohen -- Terrest[r]ial carbon sinks and climate change mitigation / Nigel J. Livingston and G. Cornelius van Kooten -- Technology and climate change / Gerard F. McLean and Murray Love -- Economic aspects of climate change / G. Cornelius van Kooten -- Regional adaptation strategies / Stewart Cohen ... [et al.] -- Legal constraints and opportunities : climate change and the law / Alastair R. Lucas -- A Canadian policy chronicle / James P. Bruce and Doug Russell -- Beyond Kyoto? / Gordon S. Smith and David G. Victor -- What can individuals do? / Harold Coward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154729603321 |
| Waterloo, Ont., : Published for Centre for Studies in Religion and Society by WLU Press, 2004 | ||
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Leadership in disaster [[electronic resource] ] : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy
| Leadership in disaster [[electronic resource] ] : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Raymond <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/92609713 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Canada
Climatic changes - United States Emergency management Ice storms - Canada, Eastern Ice storms - New England Leadership |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-86578-1
9786612865787 0-7735-7523-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456298303321 |
Murphy Raymond <1943->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 | ||
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Leadership in disaster [[electronic resource] ] : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy
| Leadership in disaster [[electronic resource] ] : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Raymond <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/92609713 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Canada
Climatic changes - United States Emergency management Ice storms - Canada, Eastern Ice storms - New England Leadership |
| ISBN |
0-7735-7788-2
1-282-86578-1 9786612865787 0-7735-7523-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social Action in Its Biophysical Context -- The Modernization of Risk -- The Internalization of Autonomous Nature into Society -- The Dance of Humans with Nature’s Movements -- Vulnerability to Nature’s Hazards -- The Natural Disaster Ends, but the Technological Disaster Continues -- The Arduous Return to Normality -- Learning from Disaster -- Leadership in Disaster -- Worse than the Worst-Case Scenario -- From Openness to Secrecy as the Crisis Deepened -- Leaders in Conflict during a Disaster -- Making Sense of Disaster and Its Management -- Learning for a Future with Global Climate Change -- Preparing to Avoid Disaster or Preparing for Disaster -- The Acute and the Chronic -- Extreme Weather without Disaster: A Reminder for Moderns -- Survival in the New Frontier -- Methodology: Doing Interviews at the Top and Listening to Plain Folk -- The Interview Guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780847403321 |
Murphy Raymond <1943->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leadership in disaster : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy
| Leadership in disaster : learning for a future with global climate change / / Raymond Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Raymond <1943-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/92609713 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Canada
Climatic changes - United States Emergency management Ice storms - Canada, Eastern Ice storms - New England Leadership |
| ISBN |
9786612865787
9780773577886 0773577882 9781282865785 1282865781 9780773575233 0773575235 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social Action in Its Biophysical Context -- The Modernization of Risk -- The Internalization of Autonomous Nature into Society -- The Dance of Humans with Nature’s Movements -- Vulnerability to Nature’s Hazards -- The Natural Disaster Ends, but the Technological Disaster Continues -- The Arduous Return to Normality -- Learning from Disaster -- Leadership in Disaster -- Worse than the Worst-Case Scenario -- From Openness to Secrecy as the Crisis Deepened -- Leaders in Conflict during a Disaster -- Making Sense of Disaster and Its Management -- Learning for a Future with Global Climate Change -- Preparing to Avoid Disaster or Preparing for Disaster -- The Acute and the Chronic -- Extreme Weather without Disaster: A Reminder for Moderns -- Survival in the New Frontier -- Methodology: Doing Interviews at the Top and Listening to Plain Folk -- The Interview Guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910967314203321 |
Murphy Raymond <1943->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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