Palutikof / Boulter / Barnett Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-84503-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptationpractices through a series of case studies. It presents importantevidence about adaptation practices in agriculture, businesses, thecoastal zone, community services, disaster management, ecosystems,indigneous populations, and settlements and infrastructure. Inaddition to 38 case studies across these sectors, the book containshorizon-scoping essays from international experts in adaptationresearch, including Hallie Eakin, Susanne Moser, Jonathon Overpeck,Bill Solecki, and Gary Yohe.
Australia's social-ecological systems have a long historyof adapting to climate variability and change, and in recentdecades has been a world-leader in implementing and researchingadaptation, making this book of universal relevance to all thoseworking to adapt our environment and societies to climatechange.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palutikof, Jean P.

Boulter, Sarah L.

Barnett, Jon

Rissik, David

Über Autor(innen)

Jean Palutikof is the Director of the National ClimateChange Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) where she has built anational program of adaptation research, communication andpartnerships. Prior to joining NCCARF she managed the production ofthe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) FourthAssessment Report for Working Group II (Impacts, Adaptation andVulnerability). Her research interests focus on climate changeimpacts, and the application of climatic data to economic andplanning issues.
Sarah Boulter is a Research Fellow with NCCARF where sheworks on synthesis and communication of adaptation research. Herresearch background includes studies of biodiversity andreproductive ecology of forested systems and the impacts of climatechange.
Jon Barnett is a Professor and Australian ResearchCouncil Future Fellow in Geography at The University of Melbourne.He is a political geographer who researches the impacts of andresponses to environmental change on social systems in Australia,East Asia and the South Pacific.
David Rissik is Deputy Director (General Manager) of theNational Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility responsiblefor the day-to-day management of the Facility and the Synthesis andIntegrative Research Program. He has interest and experiencein the delivery of applied research to practitioners in ways thatare easily accessible and useful. His research background isin coastal and estuarine ecology and management.