Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk: Beyond Fragmented Responses

ISBN-13: 9780415600941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 218 str.

Phil OKeefe

Opis

Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the millennium development goals and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Sustainability Problem  2. The Climate Journey  3. Climate Extremes - Does a Post-normal Approach Make Sense?  4. Disaster Management  5. Adaptation  6. The Concept of Resilience  7. Development  8. Social Capital and Social Learning  9. Conclusion

O autorze

O'Brien, Geoff; O'Keefe, Phil