Adaptation to climate change : from resilience to transformation / / Mark Pelling
| Adaptation to climate change : from resilience to transformation / / Mark Pelling |
| Autore | Pelling Mark <1967-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Acclimatization
Climate change mitigation Climatic changes Human beings - Climatic factors |
| ISBN |
1-134-02201-8
1-134-02202-6 1-282-95915-8 9786612959158 0-203-88904-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part I Framework and theory; 1 The adaptation age; 2 Understanding adaptation; Part II The resilience-transition-transformation framework; 3 Adaptation as resilience: Social learning and self-organisation; 4 Adaptation as transition: Risk and governance; 5 Adaptation as transformation: Risk society, human security and the social contract; Part III Living with climate change; 6 Adaptation within organisations; 7 Adaptation as urban risk discourse and governance
8 Adaptation as national political response to disasterPart IV Adapting with climate change; 9 Conclusion: adapting with climate change; References; Index |
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Adaptation to climate change : from resilience to transformation / / Mark Pelling
| Adaptation to climate change : from resilience to transformation / / Mark Pelling |
| Autore | Pelling Mark <1967-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Acclimatization
Climate change mitigation Climatic changes Human beings - Climatic factors |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-02202-6
1-282-95915-8 9786612959158 0-203-88904-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part I Framework and theory; 1 The adaptation age; 2 Understanding adaptation; Part II The resilience-transition-transformation framework; 3 Adaptation as resilience: Social learning and self-organisation; 4 Adaptation as transition: Risk and governance; 5 Adaptation as transformation: Risk society, human security and the social contract; Part III Living with climate change; 6 Adaptation within organisations; 7 Adaptation as urban risk discourse and governance
8 Adaptation as national political response to disasterPart IV Adapting with climate change; 9 Conclusion: adapting with climate change; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459453403321 |
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| Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010 | ||
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Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch
| Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch |
| Autore | Stehr Nico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.73874 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StorchH. v <1949-> (Hans von) |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects Human beings - Climatic factors |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-76120-X
9786612761201 981-4280-54-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Overview; 2. A Historical Overview of Thinking about Climate; 3. Climate as Limiting Condition and Resource; 3.1. Climate as an Environmental Experience; 3.2. Climate as a Scientific System; 3.3. Climate as a Social Construct; 3.4. Society and Humans as a Climate Construct; 4. Climate as Risk and Hazard; 4.1. The History of Ideas about Climate Change; 4.2. Natural Climate Variability; 4.3. Excursus:Who Owns the Weather in 2025?; 4.4. Anthropogenic Climate Change; 4.5. Climate Change as a Social Construct; 4.6. The History of Anthropogenic Climate Catastrophes
4.7. The Influence of Climate Changes on Society5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection; 6. Summary and Prospects; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455858303321 |
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
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Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch
| Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch |
| Autore | Stehr Nico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.73874 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StorchH. v <1949-> (Hans von) |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects Human beings - Climatic factors |
| ISBN |
1-282-76120-X
9786612761201 981-4280-54-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Overview; 2. A Historical Overview of Thinking about Climate; 3. Climate as Limiting Condition and Resource; 3.1. Climate as an Environmental Experience; 3.2. Climate as a Scientific System; 3.3. Climate as a Social Construct; 3.4. Society and Humans as a Climate Construct; 4. Climate as Risk and Hazard; 4.1. The History of Ideas about Climate Change; 4.2. Natural Climate Variability; 4.3. Excursus:Who Owns the Weather in 2025?; 4.4. Anthropogenic Climate Change; 4.5. Climate Change as a Social Construct; 4.6. The History of Anthropogenic Climate Catastrophes
4.7. The Influence of Climate Changes on Society5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection; 6. Summary and Prospects; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780724303321 |
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
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Hunter-gatherer behavior : human response during the Younger Dryas / / edited by Metin I. Eren
| Hunter-gatherer behavior : human response during the Younger Dryas / / edited by Metin I. Eren |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ErenMetin I. <1982-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Hunting and gathering societies
Human beings - Climatic factors Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Climatic changes - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-42713-3
1-61132-786-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. On Younger Dryas Climate Change as a Causal Determinate of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Culture Change - Metin I. Eren; 2. Climate, Technology, and Society during the Terminal Pleistocene Period in South America - Tom D. Dillehay; 3. The Human Colonization of the High Andes and Southern South America during the Cold Pulses of the Late Pleistocene - Luis Alberto Borrero
4. Kelp Forests, Coastal Migrations, and the Younger Dryas: Late Pleistocene and Earliest Holocene Human Settlement, Subsistence, and Ecology on California's Channel Islands - Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson5. Evaluating the Effect of the Younger Dryas on Human Population Histories in the Southeastern United States - Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson; 6. Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains of Western North America - Jason M. LaBelle; 7. Coping with the Younger Dryas in the Heart of Europe - Michael Jochim 8. Europe in the Younger Dryas: Animal Resources, Settlement, and Funerary Behavior - Stella M. Blockley and Clive S. Gamble9. The Younger Dryas and Hunter-Gatherer Transitions to Food Production in the Near East - Cheryl A. Makarewicz; 10. The Younger Dryas in Arid Northeast Asia - Joshua Wright and Lisa Janz; 11. Looking for the Younger Dryas - David J. Meltzer and Ofer Bar-Yosef; Index; About the Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461086603321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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Hunter-gatherer behavior : human response during the Younger Dryas / / edited by Metin I. Eren
| Hunter-gatherer behavior : human response during the Younger Dryas / / edited by Metin I. Eren |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ErenMetin I. <1982-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Hunting and gathering societies
Human beings - Climatic factors Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Climatic changes - History |
| ISBN |
1-315-42711-7
1-315-42713-3 1-61132-786-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. On Younger Dryas Climate Change as a Causal Determinate of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Culture Change - Metin I. Eren; 2. Climate, Technology, and Society during the Terminal Pleistocene Period in South America - Tom D. Dillehay; 3. The Human Colonization of the High Andes and Southern South America during the Cold Pulses of the Late Pleistocene - Luis Alberto Borrero
4. Kelp Forests, Coastal Migrations, and the Younger Dryas: Late Pleistocene and Earliest Holocene Human Settlement, Subsistence, and Ecology on California's Channel Islands - Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson5. Evaluating the Effect of the Younger Dryas on Human Population Histories in the Southeastern United States - Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson; 6. Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains of Western North America - Jason M. LaBelle; 7. Coping with the Younger Dryas in the Heart of Europe - Michael Jochim 8. Europe in the Younger Dryas: Animal Resources, Settlement, and Funerary Behavior - Stella M. Blockley and Clive S. Gamble9. The Younger Dryas and Hunter-Gatherer Transitions to Food Production in the Near East - Cheryl A. Makarewicz; 10. The Younger Dryas in Arid Northeast Asia - Joshua Wright and Lisa Janz; 11. Looking for the Younger Dryas - David J. Meltzer and Ofer Bar-Yosef; Index; About the Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790117303321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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Local climate change and society / / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih
| Local climate change and society / / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/74561 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SalihMohamed Abdel Rahim M (Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed) |
| Collana | Routledge advances in climate change research |
| Soggetto topico |
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Government policy
Climate change mitigation - Government policy Community development Human beings - Climatic factors |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-415-52037-1
1-283-70984-8 0-203-10971-6 1-136-27179-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Local Climate Change and Society; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Using local knowledge to shrink the individual carbon footprint; 2 What local climate change plans can teach us about city power; 3 The role of local government units in mainstreaming climate-change adaptation; 4 Local climate change, water scarcity and institutional responses in Xinjiang, China; 5 Local environmental initiatives in Chinese and Dutch societies
6 Impacts and responses to climate change at the micro-spatial scale in Malawi, Botswana and Kenya7 Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+); 8 Pulp mills and mining Trajectories of non-traditional actors' limits of influence, Argentina; 9 Local campaigns against Shell or transnational campaigns against climate change?; 10 On economy, entropy and local climate change; Conclusion; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462216203321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Local climate change and society / / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih
| Local climate change and society / / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/74561 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SalihMohamed Abdel Rahim M (Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed) |
| Collana | Routledge advances in climate change research |
| Soggetto topico |
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Government policy
Climate change mitigation - Government policy Community development Human beings - Climatic factors |
| ISBN |
1-136-27178-3
0-415-52037-1 1-283-70984-8 0-203-10971-6 1-136-27179-1 |
| Classificazione | BUS099000BUS072000POL044000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Local Climate Change and Society; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Using local knowledge to shrink the individual carbon footprint; 2 What local climate change plans can teach us about city power; 3 The role of local government units in mainstreaming climate-change adaptation; 4 Local climate change, water scarcity and institutional responses in Xinjiang, China; 5 Local environmental initiatives in Chinese and Dutch societies
6 Impacts and responses to climate change at the micro-spatial scale in Malawi, Botswana and Kenya7 Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+); 8 Pulp mills and mining Trajectories of non-traditional actors' limits of influence, Argentina; 9 Local campaigns against Shell or transnational campaigns against climate change?; 10 On economy, entropy and local climate change; Conclusion; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785945103321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate [[electronic resource] ] : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Dorte Verner, editor
| Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate [[electronic resource] ] : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Dorte Verner, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (773 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VernerDorte |
| Collana | Directions in Development |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Latin America
Poverty - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Latin America Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Social aspects - Latin America Climatic changes - Social aspects - Caribbean Area Human beings - Climatic factors Economic assistance |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-72554-8
9786612725548 0-8213-8378-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Water Scarcity, Climate Change, and the Poor; Chapter 3: Climate Change, Disaster Hot Spots, and Asset Erosion; Chapter 4: Agrarian Livelihoods and Climate Change; Chapter 5: Coastal Livelihoods and Climate Change; Chapter 6: Human Health and Climate Change; Chapter 7: Migration and Climate Change; Chapter 8: Conflict and Climate Change; Chapter 9: Simulating the Effects of Climate Change on Poverty and Inequality
Chapter 10: Building Short-Term Coping Capacity and Longer-Term Resilience through Asset-Based AdaptationChapter 11: Conclusion; Appendix A: Climate Change and Climatic Variability in Latin America and the Caribbean; Appendix B: Summaries of Likely Climate Change Impacts, by Country; Appendix C: Methodology and Data; Index; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458162703321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010 | ||
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Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Dorte Verner, editor
| Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Dorte Verner, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxii, 431 pages : col. illustrations, color maps ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 303.48 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VernerDorte |
| Collana | Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Latin America
Poverty - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Latin America Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Social aspects - Latin America Climatic changes - Social aspects - Caribbean Area Human beings - Climatic factors Economic assistance |
| ISBN |
1-282-72554-8
9786612725548 0-8213-8378-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Water Scarcity, Climate Change, and the Poor; Chapter 3: Climate Change, Disaster Hot Spots, and Asset Erosion; Chapter 4: Agrarian Livelihoods and Climate Change; Chapter 5: Coastal Livelihoods and Climate Change; Chapter 6: Human Health and Climate Change; Chapter 7: Migration and Climate Change; Chapter 8: Conflict and Climate Change; Chapter 9: Simulating the Effects of Climate Change on Poverty and Inequality
Chapter 10: Building Short-Term Coping Capacity and Longer-Term Resilience through Asset-Based AdaptationChapter 11: Conclusion; Appendix A: Climate Change and Climatic Variability in Latin America and the Caribbean; Appendix B: Summaries of Likely Climate Change Impacts, by Country; Appendix C: Methodology and Data; Index; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791468603321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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