Buch, Englisch, 532 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 907 g
Thresholds, Values, Governance
Buch, Englisch, 532 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 907 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-18251-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Adapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and governments. This book presents top science and social science research on whether the world can adapt to climate change. Written by experts, both academics and practitioners, it examines the risks to ecosystems, demonstrating how values, culture and the constraining forces of governance act as barriers to action. As a review of science and a holistic assessment of adaptation options, it is essential reading for those concerned with responses to climate change, especially researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and graduate students. Significant features include historical, contemporary, and future insights into adaptation to climate change; coverage of adaptation issues from different perspectives: climate science, hydrology, engineering, ecology, economics, human geography, anthropology and political science; and contributions from leading researchers and practitioners from around the world.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; 1. Adaptation now W. Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen O'Brien; Part I. Adapting to Thresholds in Physical and Ecological Systems: 2. Ecological limits of adaptation to climate change Garry Peterson; 3. Adapting to the effects of climate change on water supply reliability Nigel W. Arnell and Matt Charlton; 4. Protecting London from tidal flooding: limits to engineering adaptation Tim Reeder, Jon Wicks, Luke Lovell and Owen Tarrant; 5. Climate prediction: a limit to adaptation? Suraje Dessai, Mike Hulme, Robert Lempert and Roger Pielke, Jr.; 6. Learning to crawl: how to use seasonal climate forecasts to build adaptive capacity Anthony G. Patt; 7. Norse Greenland settlement and limits to adaptation Andrew J. Dugmore, Christian Keller, Thomas H. McGovern, Andrew F. Casely and Konrad Smiarowski; 8. Sea ice change in Arctic Canada: are there limits to Inuit adaptation? James D. Ford; Part II. The Role of Value and Culture in Adaptation: 9. The past, present and some possible futures of adaptation Ben Orlove; 10. Do values subjectively define the limits to climate change adaptation? Karen O'Brien; 11. Conceptual and practical barriers to adaptation: vulnerability and responses to heat waves in the UK Johanna Wolf, Irene Lorenzoni, Roger Few, Vanessa Abrahamson and Rosalind Raine; 12. Values and cost-benefit analysis: economic efficiency criteria in adaptation Alistair Hunt and Tim Taylor; 13. Hidden costs and disparate uncertainties: trade-offs in approaches to climate policy Hallie Eakin, Emma L. Tompkins, Donald R. Nelson and John M. Anderies; 14. Community based adaptation and culture in theory and practice Jonathan Ensor and Rachel Berger; 15. Exploring the invisibility of local knowledge in decision-making: the Boscastle harbour flood disaster Tori L. Jennings; 16. Adaptation and conflict within fisheries: insights for living with climate change Sarah Coulthard; 17. Exploring cultural dimensions of adaptation to climate change Thomas Heyd and Nick Brooks; 18. Adapting to an uncertain climate on the great plains: testing hypotheses on historical populations Roberta Balstad, Roly Russell, Vladimir Gil and Sabine Marx; 19. Climate change and adaptive human migration: lessons from rural North America Robert McLeman; Part III. Governance, Knowledge and Technologies for Adaptation: 20. Are our levers long and our fulcra strong enough? Exploring the soft underbelly of adaptation decisions and actions Susanne C. Moser; 21. Decentralized planning and climate adaptation: toward transparent governance Timothy J. Finan and Donald R. Nelson; 22. Climate adaptation, local institutions and rural livelihoods Arun Agrawal and Nicolas Perrin; 23. Adaptive governance for a changing coastline: science, policy and publics in search of a sustainable future Sophie Nicholson-Cole and Tim O'Riordan; 24. Climate change, international cooperation and adaptation in transboundary water management Alena Drieschova, Mark Giordano and Itay Fischhendler; 25. Decentralization: a window of opportunity for successful adaptation to climate change? Maria Brockhaus and Hermann Kambiré; 26. Adapting to climate change: the nation-state as problem and solution Erik S. Reinert, Iulie Aslaksen, Inger Marie G. Eira, Svein D. Mathiesen, Hugo Reinert and Ellen Inga Turi; 27. Limits to adaptation: analysing institutional constraints Tor Håkon Inderberg and Per Ove Eikeland; 28. Accessing diversification, networks and traditional resource management as adaptations to climate extremes Marisa Goulden, Lars Otto N'ss, Katharine Vincent and W. Neil Adger; 29. Governance limits to effective global financial support for adaptation Richard J. T. Klein and Annett Möhner; 30. Organizational learning and governance in adaptation in urban development Marte Winsvold, Knut Bjørn Stokke, Jan Erling Klausen and Inger Lise Saglie; 31. Conclusions: transforming the world Donald R. Nelson; Index.
