
Living with Climate Change
How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate
Jane A. Bullock(Author)
Auerbach Publishers Inc.
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-1-4987-2536-1 (ISBN)
Description
The climate has changed and communities across America are living with the consequences: rapid sea level rise, multi-state wildfires, heat waves, and enduring drought. Living with Climate Change: How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate details the steps cities are taking now to protect lives and businesses, to reduce their vulnerability, and to adapt and make themselves more resilient.
The authors included in this book have been directly involved in the successful design and implementation of community-based adaptation and resilience programs. In this book, they apply decades of combined experience in hazard risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and environmental protection to provide timely and practical advice on how to plan for and live with a climate that is changing faster and more erratically than predicted.
The book also examines obstacles to local, state, and national action on climate change, includes case studies to illustrate smart, effective policies and practices that have already been put in place, and defines how these actions benefit the economy, the environment, and public health. Living with Climate Change provides much-needed guidance for finding and enacting solutions to immediate and future risks of climate change.
The authors included in this book have been directly involved in the successful design and implementation of community-based adaptation and resilience programs. In this book, they apply decades of combined experience in hazard risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and environmental protection to provide timely and practical advice on how to plan for and live with a climate that is changing faster and more erratically than predicted.
The book also examines obstacles to local, state, and national action on climate change, includes case studies to illustrate smart, effective policies and practices that have already been put in place, and defines how these actions benefit the economy, the environment, and public health. Living with Climate Change provides much-needed guidance for finding and enacting solutions to immediate and future risks of climate change.
Reviews / Votes
"This book begins by recognizing that adaptation to climate change is unavoidable. Since 1992, more than 6,000 major disasters related to climate, weather, and water have occurred globally, and annual occurrences have doubled since 2004. The authors and 17 other experts review efforts by US communities to deal with hazards like rising sea level, floods, drought and water shortages, fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather events. The book includes detailed practical and theoretical information on US and a few foreign communities that have successfully adapted to hazards." - CHOICE, F. T. Manheim, George Mason UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
66 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 66 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-2536-1 (9781498725361)
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Living with Climate Change
How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate
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Living with Climate Change
How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate
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Living with Climate Change
How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate
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Person
Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Kim S. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
Content
Learning to Survive and Thrive in a Changed Climate. Community Risk Implications. The Stages of Adaptive Planning. The Role of Local, State, and Federal Governments in Climate Change Adaptation. The Elements of a Successful Adaptation Plan/Obstacles and Constraints. Case Studies in Long-Term Disaster Risk Reduction. Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation. International Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation. Conclusions and Recommendations.