Dale Climate Change Adaptation

An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55297-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers

This book offers a concise overview of climate adaptation governance. In clear, accessible language, Lisa Dale presents the theory and practice that underlie climate adaptation efforts at local and global scales, providing illuminating case studies that foreground the problems facing developing countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dale, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Foundations: Science, Policy, and Institutions
2. Disaster Risk Management: Early Warning, Early Action
3. The Built Environment: Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
4. Urban Planning for Climate Adaptation
5. Agriculture, Land Use, and Food Security
6. Insurance as Risk Transfer
7. Migration and Managed Retreat
8. Inequality and Justice
9. Synergies and Best Practices
Glossary
List of Acronyms
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Dale is a lecturer in the undergraduate program in sustainable development at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Her expertise extends from wildfire policy in the American West to the impact of climate adaptation policies on smallholder farmers in rural sub-Saharan Africa.