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Climate change and the coast: building resilient communities

Climate change and the coast: building resilient communities
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10035669 QC981.8.G53 2015
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ISBN 9780367864637
Language Eng
Shelf Location QC981.8.G53 2015
Author Glavovic, Bruce C.
Title Climate change and the coast : building resilient communities
Publisher Boca Raton : CRC Press , 2015
Description 561 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Contents Coastal communities and the climate change imperative. Introduction. Climate drivers in the coastal zone. On the frontline in the Anthropocene: Adapting to climate change through deliberative coastal governance. Part II. Climate change and the coastal zone: North America. Social-ecological change in Canada's Arctic: Coping, adapting, and learning for an uncertain future. Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in coastal New York City. Crisis on the delta: emerging trajectories for New Orleans. Part III. Climate change and the coastal zone: South and Southeast Asia. Building resilient coastal communities by enabling participatory action: A case study from India. Climate adaptation technologies in agriculture and water supply and sanitation practice in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Coastal zone management and climate policy in Vietnam. A climate for change: A comparative analysis of climate change adaptation in rapidly urbanizing Australian and Chinese city regions. Part IV. Climate change and the coastal zone: Australasia. The evolution of coastal vulnerability assessments to support adaptive decision-making in Australia: a review. Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change: a case study of South East Queensland. From coping to resilience: The role of managed retreat in highly developed coastal regions of New Zealand. Part V. Climate change and the coastal zone: Small islands. A tale of two atoll nations: a comparison of risk, resilience, and adaptive response of Kiribati and the Maldives. Planning for coastal change in Caribbean small islands. Part VI. Climate change and the coastal zone: South America. A risk-based and participatory approach to assessing climate vulnerability and improving governance in coastal Uruguay. The promise of coastal management in Brazil in times of global climate change.
Subject Climate change
Coastal engineering
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