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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Climate change adaptation in developed nations [Texte électronique] : from theory to practice / James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, editors
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, cop. 2011
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Advances in global change research ; v. 42
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Ford, James David. Fonction indéterminée
Berrang-Ford, Lea. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Changements climatiques -- Pays industrialisés
Santé publique -- Aspect environnemental -- Pays industrialisés
Industrie -- Aspect environnemental -- Pays industrialisés
Agriculture -- Aspect environnemental -- Pays industrialisés
Agriculture
Études de cas
Conditions rurales -- Aspect environnemental -- Pays industrialisés
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400705678
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb447207895
Notice n° :
FRBNF44720789
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction and overview ; Introduction / James D. Ford and Lea Berrang Ford ; Climate
change adaptation as a social process / Johanna Wolf ; Entering the period of consequences
: the explosive US awakening to the need for adaptation / Susanne C. Moser ; Perspectives
on adaptation to climate change in Europe / Stéphane Isoard ; The Australian experience
/ Timothy Frederick Smith, Dana C. Thomsen, and Noni Keys ; Leading the UK adaptation
agenda : a landscape of stakeholders and networked organizations for adaptation to
climate change / Emily Boyd [and others] ; Adaptation to climate change in Canada
: a multi-level mosaic / Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton.
Adaptation in the public health sector ; Overview : Adaptive management for the health
risks of climate change / Kristie L. Ebi ; Behavioural health and risk perception
: factors in strengthening community resiliency and emergency preparedness / David
Hutton ; Lateral public health : a comprehensive approach to adaptation in urban
environments / Jan C. Semenza ; 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 ; 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
; Adaptation to the heat-related health impact of climate change in Japan / Yasushi
Honda, Masaji Ono, and Kristie L. Ebi ; Risk perception, health communication, and
adaptation to the health impacts of climate change in Canada /
Adaptation in the industrial sector ; Overview : Climate change adaptation in industry
/ Paul Kovacs ; Impacts of and adaptation to climate change in the electricity sector
in Germany and France / Benno Rothstein and Sylvie Parey ; The role of codes, standards,
and related instruments in facilitating adaptation to climate change / Paul Steenhof
and Erik Sparling ; Learning adaptation : climate-related risk management in the
insurance industry / Christina L. Cook and Hadi Dowlatabadi ; Adaptive capacity of
forest management systems on publicly owned forest landscapes in Canada / Mark Johnston
[and others].
Adaptation in the urban environment ; Overview: Climate change adaptation in the urban
environment / Thomas J. Wilbanks ; Integrated assessment of climate change impacts
on urban settlements : lessons from five Australian cases / Geraldine Li and Stephen
Dovers ; The role of local government in adapting to climate change : lessons from
New Zealand / Andy Reisinger [and others] ; Perception of risk and limits to climate
change adaptation : case studies of two Swedish urban regions / Louise Simonsson [and
others] ; Asking the climate question : climate change adaptation in King Country,
Washington / Elizabeth Willmott and Jennifer Penny.
Adaptation in the agricultural sector ; Overview: Climate change adaptation in the
agricultural sector / John M. Reilly ; Climate change and adaptation of wheat producing
nations : selected case studies from Canada and Australia / Monique Helfrich and Vivek
Prasad ; 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 ; Government action to promote sustainable adaptation
by the agriculture and land management sector in England / Nicholas A. Macgregor and
Caroline E. Cowan.
Adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities ; Overview: Climate change
adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities / Stewart J. Cohen ; Scenarios
for engaging a rural Australian community in climate change adaptation work / Jodi-Anne
Michelle Smith, Martin Mulligan, and Yaso Nadarajah ; Coordinating environmental
protection and climate change adaptation policy in resource-dependent communities
: a case study from the Tibetan plateau / Julia A. Klein [and others] ; Mainstreaming
climate change adaptation in drinking water source protection in Ontario : challenges
and opportunities / Rob C. de Loë ; Opportunities and barriers for adaptation and
local adaptation planning in Canadian rural and resource-based communities / Robert
A. McLeman [and others] ; Anticipatory adaptation in marginalized communities within
developing countries / Michelle Boyle and Hadi Dowlatabadi ; Future directions ;
Adaptation to climate change : contents, status, and prospects.
