Natural disasters and adaptation to climate change / edited by Sarah Boulter, Jean Palutikof, David John Karoly, Daniela Guitart.
Boulter, Sarah, 1970- editor.; Palutikof, J. P., editor.; Karoly, David John, 1955- editor.; Guitart, Daniela, 1988- editor.
2013
HV635.5 .N38 2013eb
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Natural disasters and adaptation to climate change / edited by Sarah Boulter, Jean Palutikof, David John Karoly, Daniela Guitart.
ISBN
9781107503472 (electronic book)
9781107506138 (electronic book)
1107506131 (electronic book)
9781461950820 (electronic book)
1461950821 (electronic book)
9780511845710 (electronic book)
0511845715 (electronic book)
9781107516465 (electronic book)
1107516463 (electronic book)
9781107496316 (electronic book)
1107496314 (electronic book)
9781107010161
1107010160
Published
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
HV635.5 .N38 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.34
Summary
"This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail, and the underlying reasons, and the factors that determine when adaptation is required and when simply bearing the impact may be the more appropriate response. Much has been written about the theory of adaptation, and high-level, especially international, policy responses to climate change. This book aims to inform actual adaptation practice -- what works, what does not, and why. It explores some of the lessons we can learn from past disasters and the adaptation that takes place after the event in preparation for the next. This volume will be especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change adaptation, emergency management, disaster risk reduction, environmental policy and planning"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Boulter, Sarah, 1970- editor.
Palutikof, J. P., editor.
Karoly, David John, 1955- editor.
Guitart, Daniela, 1988- editor.
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Climate change and disaster risk management : challenges and opportunities / Madeleine C. Thomson
A few words from Andrew W. Garcia
Hurricane Katrina and the city of New Orleans / Andrew W. Garcia
A brief history of flooding and flood control measures along the Mississippi River basin / Timothy M. Kusky
The 2003 and 2007 wildfires in southern California / Jon E. Keeley, Alexandra D. Syphard, and C.J. Fotheringham
Adapting to extreme heat events : thirty years of lessons learned from the Kansas City, Missouri, extreme heat program / David M. Mills and William D. Snook
Drought and water in the Murray-Darling basin : from disaster policy to adaptation / Linda C. Botterill and Stephen Dovers
After 'Black Saturday' : adapting to bushfires in a changing climate / Joshua Whittaker, John Handmer, and David John Karoly
Cyclone Tray and the road to improving wind-resistant design / Matthew Mason, Katharine Haynes and George Walker
Adaptation and resilience in two flood-prone Queensland communities / David King [and others]
Windstorms, the most costly natural hazard in Europe / Uwe Ulbrich, Gregor C. Leckebush, and Markus G. Donat
The 2003 heatwave : impacts, public health adaptation and response in France / Mathilde Pascal, Alain Le Tertre, and Karine Laaidi
Lessons from river floods in central Europe, 1997-2010 / Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Lessons learned from the North Sea flooding disaster in the Netherlands, 1953 / Pier Vellinga and Jeroen Aerts
Adapting to drought in the West African Sahel / Simon P.J. Batterbury and Michael J. Mortimore
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami : Sri Lankan experience / Sam S.L. Hettiarachchi and W. Priyan S. Dias
Recovery efforts : the case of the 2007 cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh / Bimal K. Paul and Munshi K. Rahman
Coffee, disasters and social-ecological resilience in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico / Hallie Eakin [and others]
Responding to floods in the Nile basin : a case study of the 1997-1998 floods in the Upper White Nile / Marisa C. Goulden and Declan Conway
Floods in the Yangtze River basin, China / Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Jiang Tong, and Su Buda
Disasters and development / Jessica Ayers, Saleemul Huq, and Sarah Boulter
What next? Climate change as a game-changer for policy and practice / Karen O'Brien and Thomas E. Downing
Barriers and limits to adaptation : cautionary notes / Jon Barnett, Colette Mortreux, and W. Neil Adger
Lessons learned for adaptation to climate change / Sarah Boulter, Jean Palutikof, and David John Karoly
Afterword : floods, storms, fire and pestilence : disaster risk in Australia during 2010-2011 / David John Karoly and Sarah Boulter.

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