Climate change adaptation in developed nations
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, editors
Series: Advances in global change research -- v. 42; Advances in global change research -- v. 42.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9789400705661; 9789400705678
Subjects: Industries; Climatic changes; Environmental aspects; Public health; Agriculture; Rural conditions; Metropolitan areas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Introduction / James D. Ford and Lea Berrang Ford; title: Climate change adaptation as a social process / Johanna Wolf; title: Entering the period of consequences : the explosive US awakening to the need for adaptation / Susanne C. Moser; title: Perspectives on adaptation to climate change in Europe / Stéphane Isoard; title: The Australian experience / Timothy Frederick Smith, Dana C. Thomsen, and Noni Keys; title: Leading the UK adaptation agenda : a landscape of stakeholders and networked organizations for adaptation to climate change / Emily Boyd ... [et al.]; title: Adaptation to climate change in Canada : a multi-level mosaic / Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton; title: Adaptation in the public health sector; title: Overview : Adaptive management for the health risks of climate change / Kristie L. Ebi; title: Behavioural health and risk perception : factors in strengthening community resiliency and emergency preparedness / David Hutton; title: Lateral public health : a comprehensive approach to adaptation in urban environments / Jan  C. Semenza; title: Public health in Canada and adaptation to infectious disease risks of climate change : are we planning or just keeping our fingers crossed? / Nicholas Hume Ogden, Paul Stockett, and Manon Fleury; title: Climate change : water-related health impacts, and adaptation : highlights from the Swedish Government's Commission on Climate and Vulnerability / Elisabet Lindgren, Ann Albihn, and Yvonne Anderson; title: Adaptation to the heat-related health impact of climate change in Japan / Yasushi Honda, Masaji Ono, and Kristie L. Ebi; title: Risk perception, health communication, and adaptation to the health impacts of climate change in Canada / Peter Berry ... [et al.]; title: Adaptation in the industrial sector; title: Overview : Climate change adaptation in industry / Paul Kovacs; title: Impacts of and adaptation to climate change in the electricity sector in Germany and France / Benno Rothstein and Sylvie Parey; title: The role of codes, standards, and related instruments in facilitating adaptation to climate change / Paul Steenhof and Erik Sparling; title: Learning adaptation : climate-related risk management in the insurance industry / Christina L. Cook and Hadi Dowlatabadi; title: Adaptive capacity of forest management systems on publicly owned forest landscapes in Canada / Mark Johnston ... [et al.]; title: Adaptation in the urban environment; title: Overview: Climate change adaptation in the urban environment / Thomas J. Wilbanks; title: Integrated assessment of climate change impacts on urban settlements : lessons from five Australian cases / Geraldine Li and Stephen Dovers; title: The role of local government in adapting to climate change : lessons from New Zealand / Andy Reisinger ... [et al]; title: Perception of risk and limits to climate change adaptation : case studies of two Swedish urban regions / Louise Simonsson ... [et al.]; title: Asking the climate question : climate change adaptation in King Country, Washington / Elizabeth Willmott and Jennifer Penny; title: Adaptation in the agricultural sector; title: Overview: Climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector / John M. Reilly; title: Climate change and adaptation of wheat producing nations : selected case studies from Canada and Australia / Monique Helfrich and Vivek Prasad; title: Use of modern portfolio theory to evaluate diversification of agricultural land use as an adaptation to climate risks in the Tisza River Basin / Saskia E. Werner, Éva Erdélyi, and Iwan Supit; title: Government action to promote sustainable adaptation by the agriculture and land management sector in England / Nicholas A. Macgregor and Caroline E. Cowan; title: Adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities; title: Overview: Climate change adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities / Stewart J. Cohen; title: Scenarios for engaging a rural Australian community in climate change adaptation work / Jodi-Anne Michelle Smith, Martin Mulligan, and Yaso Nadarajah; title: Coordinating environmental protection and climate change adaptation policy in resource-dependent communities : a case study from the Tibetan plateau / Julia A. Klein ... [et al.]; title: Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in drinking water source protection in Ontario : challenges and opportunities / Rob C. de Loë; title: Opportunities and barriers for adaptation and local adaptation planning in Canadian rural and resource-based communities / Robert A. McLeman ... [et al.]; title: Anticipatory adaptation in marginalized communities within developing countries / Michelle Boyle and Hadi Dowlatabadi; title: Future directions; title: Adaptation to climate change : contents, status, and prospects.