Adapting to an Uncertain Climate: Lessons From Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319048759 ISBN 13: 9783319048758

Verlag: Springer, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

<P>CLIMATE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGES FOR LONG-TERM POLICY MAKING IN THE FACE OF PERSISTENT AND IRREDUCIBLE LEVELS OF UNCERTAINTIES. IT CALLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE APPROACHES, INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVE AND ADAPTIVE DECISION-MAKING. EXPLORING THESE NEW APPROACHES IS ALSO A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN CLIMATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTATION POLICY.</P><P>THE BOOK PROVIDES A DOZEN REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF ADAPTATION DECISION MAKING IN THE FORM OF CASE STUDIES:</P><P>·         WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT IN PORTUGAL, ENGLAND AND WALES AND HUNGARY</P><P>·         FLOODING, INCLUDING FLOOD RISK IN IRELAND, COASTAL FLOODING AND EROSION IN SOUTHWEST FRANCE, AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA’S HUTT RIVER REGION</P><P>·         TRANSPORT AND UTILITIES, INCLUDING THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL RAILWAY SYSTEM, PUBLIC TRANSIT IN DRESDEN, AND QUÉBEC HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER</P><P>·         REPORT EXAMINING COMMUNICATION OF LARGE NUMBERS OF CLIMATE SCENARIOS IN DUTCH CLIMATE ADAPTATION WORKSHOPS.</P>

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Críticas

This book successfully reframes uncertainty as a normal part of decision-making. It provides policy developers and advisors, researchers, and practitioners with a valuable framework within which uncertainty can be recognized, communicated, and incorporated into adaptation planning. ... Overall, Adapting to an Uncertain Climate will be a useful resource for anyone involved in the emerging field of adaptation ... .” (R. M. B. Harris, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 91 (1), March, 2016)

Reseña del editor

Climate change highlights the challenges for long-term policy making in the face of persistent and irreducible levels of uncertainties. It calls for the development of flexible approaches, innovative governance and other elements that contribute to effective and adaptive decision-making. Exploring these new approaches is also a challenge for those involved in climate research and development of adaptation policy.

The book provides a dozen real-life examples of adaptation decision making in the form of case studies:

·         Water supply management in Portugal, England and Wales and Hungary

·         Flooding, including flood risk in Ireland, coastal flooding and erosion in Southwest France, and flood management in Australia’s Hutt River region

·         Transport and utilities, including the Austrian Federal railway system, public transit in Dresden, and Québec hydro-electric power

·         Report examining communication of large numbers of climate scenarios in Dutch climate adaptation workshops.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3319048759
• ISBN 13: 9783319048758
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204
• Herausgeber: Capela Lourenço Tiago, Rovisco Ana, Groot Annemarie