Climate Change Research at Universities Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges /

This unique book provides a multidisciplinary review of current, climate-change research projects at universities around the globe, offering perspectives from all of the natural and social sciences. Numerous universities worldwide pursue state-of-the-art research on climate change, focussing on miti...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Leal Filho, Walter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part 1- Research and Education on Climate Change Mitigation
  • Integrating farmer’s traditional knowledge and practices into climate change sectoral development planning: Case studies from India
  • Roof top farming a solution to food security and climate change adaptation for cities
  • Modeling and monitoring of air quality in Greater Cairo Region, Egypt using Landsat-8 images, HYSPLIT and GIS based analysis
  • Going Fossil Free: A Lesson in Climate Activism and Collective Responsibility
  • Philippine Higher Education Institutions' Responses to Climate Change
  • Adapting Sri Lanka to Climate Change: approaches to water modelling in the Upper Mahaweli Catchment Area
  • The Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions at the Science–Policy Interface
  • Study of the vulnerability of basic social infrastructure of the Mexico´s north border for purposes of resiliency and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change
  • Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Studies in Nigeria Universities: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects
  • Landslide Loss and Damage in Darbung Village, Gorkha District, Nepal
  • Adaptations to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Development of a National Inventory
  • Implementing Heat-Related Adaptation Measures in the Tri-City Area Bergisches Städtedreieck
  • Legacy of authoritative environmentalism and path-dependent historic institutionalism in the climate change policy dynamics of the Maldives
  • Part 2- Research and Education on Climate Change Adaptation
  • Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Egypt – Status Quo and Future Policies
  • Climate change and Extremes over Dabaa Region, Egypt
  • Climate change adaptation in yam and cassava production, Cross River State, Nigeria: The role of higher educational institutions
  • Change and analysis of extreme rainfall indices during 1960-2010 and 2011-2100 in Abidjan District (Cote D’ivoire)
  • Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Higher Education Institutions: The Case Study of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Chile.