Climate Change Adaptation : : An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer / / Lisa Dale.
Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these efforts have floundered, floods, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters are becoming more frequent and potent. As the risks escalate, we must ask how to ad...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 34 figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ACRONYMS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 FOUNDATIONS Science, Policy, and Institutions
- 2 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Early Warning, Early Action
- 3 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
- 4 URBAN PLANNING FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION
- 5 AGRICULTURE, LAND USE, AND FOOD SECURITY
- 6 INSURANCE AS RISK TRANSFER
- 7 MIGRATION AND MANAGED RETREAT
- 8 INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE
- 9 SYNERGIES AND BEST PRACTICES
- GLOSSARY
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX