Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction an Asian perspectives /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shaw, Rajib, Pulhin, Juan M., Pereira, Joy Jacqueline
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010.
• Σειρά: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; 5.
• Θέματα: Nature > Ecosystems & Habitats > Rivers.; Nature > Ecology.; Environmentalist thought & ideology.; Drought & water supply.; Climate change mitigation > Asia.; Emergency management > Asia.

 Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are closely associated. After the Bali Conference of Parties (COP) 2007, there has been significant awareness in global and national level to make collective focus on CCA and DRR. There exists some literature on CCA, however, the linkages with the DRR is not clear. The Nairobi Work Program (NWP), facilitated by the UNFCCC (UN Framework of Convention on Climate change) and the Parties have found specific scope of actions to enhance the CCA and DRR agenda in developing countries. Different national and international agencies have started undertaking initiatives on this aspect but very few concrete measures have been implemented. At this onset, the book provides 19 case studies from 13 countries and regions in Asia. The case studies highlight different aspects of CCA-DRR entry points, like policy interventions, drought risk management, coastal management, agro-forestry, lagoon management, livelihood issues and risk communication. This book is a complimentary volume of Volume 4: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges, which focuses on the theory of CCA and DRR and its enabling environment, CCA-DRR linkages framework of governance, education and technology, different entry points like urban, coast, forest, river, and housing; and finally provided a regional perspective of developing countries. The primary targets of this book are the students and researchers in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change, environmental studies and related risks. The book will help them to have a better idea on the current trend of research in the field, and will provide basic knowledge on this important topic. The other target group is practitioners and policy makers for applying the collective knowledge into policy and decision making. 

 ch. 1. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : an Asian perspective / Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Jacqueline Pereira -- ch. 2. Impacts of climate change induced hazards and adaptation processes in Bangladesh : an overview / Tawhidul Islam, M. Aminur Rahman, Fuad Mallick -- ch. 3. Overview of drought risk reduction approaches in Bangladesh / Umma Habiba, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 4. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Cambodia / Huy Nguyen, Rajib Shaw, Prabhakar SVRK -- ch. 5. Integrated climate change adaptation in Chilika lagoon fisheries, India / Shimpei Iwasaki, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 6. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction experiences in Japan / Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 7. Forest management as an adaptation option in mountain areas of Japan / Kumiko Fujita, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 8. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : a Malaysian approach / Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Tan Ching Tiong, Ibrahim Komoo -- ch. 9. Climate change adaptation in Nepal : issues and strategies / Jishnu Subedi -- ch. 10. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Pakistan / Amir Nawaz Khan -- ch. 11. Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation : initiatives and challenges in the Philippines / Juan M. Pulhin, Maricel A. Tapia, Rosa T. Perez -- ch. 12. Local adaptation to enhance livelihood assets and build resilience in Albay, Philippines / Noralene Uy, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 13. Climate change and disaster risk : the Singapore response / Bing Li, Vikram Rajola -- ch. 14. Climate change adaptation and agroforestry in Sri Lanka / Rekha Nianthi -- ch. 15. Coastal ecosystems and climate vulnerability in Sri Lanka / Deepthi Wickramasinghe -- ch. 16. The experiences of DRR through CCA in Taiwan / Jet-Chau Wen, Shao-Yang Huang, Chia-Chen Hsu, Kou-Chiang Chang -- ch. 17. Water insecurities and climate change adaptation in Thailand / Louis Lebel, Phimphakan Lebel, Rajesh Daniel -- ch. 18. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Vietnam / Huy Nguyen, Rajib Shaw -- ch. 19. Local vulnerability and adaptation to extreme climate events along the central coast of Vietnam / Bui Duc Tinh, Tran Huu Tuan, Tran Phong, Bui Dung The, Bui Thi Tam -- ch. 20. Identifying linkages between rates and distributions of malaria, water-born diseases and influenza with climate variability and climate change in Vietnam / Tran Mai Kien, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Hoang Duc Cuong and Rajib Shaw -- ch. 21. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : key challenges and ways forward / Juan Pulhin, Rajib Shaw, Joy Pereira.