Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations From Theory to Practice /

It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change. What we know about adaptation, however, is limited. While there is a well established body of scholarship proposing assessment approaches and explaining concepts, few studies have exami...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ford, James D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Berrang-Ford, Lea. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Advances in Global Change Research, 42
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0567-8
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Introduction and Overview
  • Section II: Adaptation in the Public Health Sector
  • Section III: Adaptation in the Industrial Sector
  • Section IV: Adaptation in the Urban Environment
  • Section V: Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector
  • Section VI: Adaptation in Rural and Resource-dependent Communities.-  Section VII: Future Directions
  • Index.