Adapting to Climate Change Lessons from Natural Hazards Planning /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Glavovic, Bruce C. (Editor), Smith, Gavin P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Environmental Hazards
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Natural disasters.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This book identifies lessons learned from natural hazard experiences to help communities plan for and adapt to climate change. Written by leading experts, the case studies examine diverse experiences, from severe storms to sea-level related hazards, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, earthquak...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Climate change adaptation: Theory and practice
• Section 2: The nature of disasters and the role natural hazards planning in building resilient communities
• Section 3: Lessons from disaster experience.