Climate Change Adaptation Strategies – An Upstream-downstream Perspective

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies – An Upstream-downstream Perspective

Climate change and the related adverse impacts are among the greatest challenges facing humankind during the coming decades. Even with a significant reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, it will be inevitable for societies to adapt to new climatic conditions and associated impacts and...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Salzmann, Nadine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Huggel, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nussbaumer, Samuel U. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ziervogel, Gina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Θέματα:
Environment.
Hydrology.
Climate change.
Climate Change.
Hydrology/Water Resources.
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Setting the scene: Adapting to climate change - a large-scale challenge with local-scale impacts (Salzmann)
  • Adaptation, Adaptation Science, and the Status of Adaptation in Mountain Regions (McDowell)
  • Science in the context of climate change adaptation - case studies from the Peruvian Andes (Orlowsky)
  • Managing glacier related risks disaster in the Chucchún catchment, Cordillera Blanca, Peru (Muñoz)
  • Climate Change Adaptation in the Carpathian Mountain Region (Werners)
  • Community forest management as climate change adaptation measure in Nepal’s Himalaya (Rabin Raj)
  • Ecosystem based adaptation (EbA) of African Mountain Ecosystems – Experiences from Mount Elgon, Uganda (Mumba)
  • Vulnerability Assessments for Ecosystem based Adaptation: Lessons from the Nor Yauyos Cochas Landscape Reserve in Peru (Dourojeanni)
  • The Role of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Swiss Mountains (Muccione)
  • Community perceptions and responses to climate variability: Insights from the Himalayas (Pandit)
  • Drought – in search of sustainable solutions to a persistent, ‘wicked’ problem in South Africa (Vogel)
  • Making Climate Resilience a Private Sector Business: Insights from the agricultural sector in Nepal (Trabacchi)
  • Shaping Climate Resilient Development – Economics of Climate Adaptation (Bresch)
  • Building Resilience: World Bank Group Experience in Climate and Disaster Resilient Development (Kull)
  • The science-policy dialogue for climate change adaptation in mountain regions (Kohler).

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