| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 461 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Environmental Hazards |
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Environmental hazards.
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| Contents |
Section 1: Climate change adaptation: Theory and practice -- Section 2: The nature of disasters and the role natural hazards planning in building resilient communities -- Section 3: Lessons from disaster experience |
| Summary |
This book identifies lessons learned from natural hazard experiences to help communities plan for and adapt to climate change. Written by leading experts, the case studies examine diverse experiences, from severe storms to sea-level related hazards, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, earthquakes and tsunami, in North America, Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa and Small Island Developing States. The lessons are grouped according to four imperatives: (i) Develop collaborative governance networks; (ii) build adaptive capabilities; (iii) invest in pre-event planning; and (iv) the moral imperative to undertake adaptive actions that advance resilience and sustainability |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 21, 2014) |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Climatic changes
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Acclimatization.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Natural disasters -- Prevention
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Climate Change
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Acclimatization
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climate change.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Acclimatization
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Climatic changes
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Natural disasters -- Prevention
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Glavovic, Bruce C. (Bruce Christopher), editor.
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Smith, Gavin (Gavin Paul), editor
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| ISBN |
9789401786317 |
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9401786313 |
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9401786305 |
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9789401786300 |
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