Living with vlimate change : how communities are surviving and thriving in a changing climate

✍ Scribed by Bullock, Jane A.; Coppola, Damon P.; Haddow, George D.; Haddow, Kim

Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 306
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: ""Front Cover""
""Contents""
""Acknowledgments""
""Authors""
""Contributors""
""Introduction""
""Chapter 1: Learning to Survive and Thrive in a Changed Climate""
""Chapter 2: Community Risk Implications""
""Chapter 3: The Stages of Adaptive Planning""
""Chapter 4: The Role of Local, State, and Federal Governments in Climate Change Adaptation""
""Chapter 5: Elements of a Successful Adaptation Plan: Obstacles and Constraints""
""Chapter 6: Case Studies in Long-Term Disaster Risk Reduction""
""Chapter 7: Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation"" ""Chapter 8: International Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation""""Chapter 9: Conclusions and Recommendations""
""Back Cover""

✦ Subjects

Climatic changes. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

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