Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

Omer Chouinard

ISBN 10: 9401798877 / ISBN 13: 9789401798877

Verlag: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2015, 2015

Beschreibung

Neuware -The book provides a concise and interdisciplinary outlook on the impacts of climate change on coastal areas and how coastal communities adapt to them. The first chapter analyses how sea level rise, changing ocean conditions, or increased climate variability and the socio-environmental context of the coastal zone leads to vulnerable communities. The second chapter addresses adaptation strategies and tools, and gives some examples of their application around the world. The third chapter describes participative action research projects undertaken in New Brunswick and how this community based approach has enabled communities to increase their climate resilience.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 108 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9789401798877

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2015
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9401798877
• ISBN-13: 9789401798877
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 155 H x 6 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 6 mm
• Gewicht: 197 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

The book provides a concise and interdisciplinary outlook on the impacts of climate change on coastal areas and how coastal communities adapt to them. The first chapter analyses how sea level rise, changing ocean conditions, or increased climate variability and the socio-environmental context of the coastal zone leads to vulnerable communities. The second chapter addresses adaptation strategies and tools, and gives some examples of their application around the world. The third chapter describes participative action research projects undertaken in New Brunswick and how this community based approach has enabled communities to increase their climate resilience.