NATURAL DISASTERS AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

• Other Authors: Boulter, Sarah (Editor), Palutikof, Jean (Editor), Karoly, David John (Editor), Guitart, Daniela (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2013 2017
• Subjects: Storms; Emergency management; Disaster releif; Human beings > Effect of climate on
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• Item Description: First paperback edition 2017
• Physical Description: xiv, 273 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781108445979

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. Includes eighteen case studies on adaptive responses to extremes in Australia, North America, Europe and the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Central America Lessons from these case studies address the overarching goal of informing our thinking about adaptation to future climate change Offers an empirical exploration of what it might be like to live with climate change