Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations From Theory to Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ford, James D. (Editor), Berrang-Ford, Lea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research, 42
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Management.; Environment, general.

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...

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.