دانلود کتاب Climate Adaptation Futures

Adaptation is the poor cousin of the climate change challenge - the glamour of international debate is around global mitigation agreements, while the bottom-up activities of adaptation, carried out in community halls and local government offices, are often overlooked. Yet, as international forums fail to deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the world is realising that effective adaptation will be essential across all sectors to deal with the unavoidable impacts of climate change. The need to understand how to adapt effectively, and to develop appropriate adaptation options and actions, is becoming increasingly urgent.This book reports the current state of knowledge on climate change adaptation, and seeks to expose and debate key issues in adaptation research and practice. It is framed around a number of critical areas of adaptation theory and practice, including:Advances in adaptation thinking,Enabling frameworks and policy for adaptation,Engaging and communicating with practitioners,Key challenges in adaptation and development,Management of natural systems and agriculture under climate change,Ensuring water security under a changing climate,Urban infrastructure and livelihoods, andThe nexus between extremes, disaster management and adaptation.It includes contributions from many of the leading thinkers and practitioners in adaptation today. The book is based on key contributions from the First International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation ‘Climate Adaptation Futures’, held on the Gold Coast, Australia, in June 2010. That three-day meeting of over 1000 researchers and practitioners in adaptation from 50 countries was the first of its kind.Readership: The book is essential reading for a wide range of individuals involved in climate change adaptation, including:Researchers,Communication specialists,Decision-makers and policy makers (e.g. government staff, local council staff),On-ground adaptation practitioners (e.g. aid agencies, government workers, NGOs),Postgraduate and graduate students, andConsultants.Content: Chapter 1 The past, present and future of adaptation (pages 1–30): Jean Palutikof, Martin Parry, Mark Stafford Smith, Andrew J. Ash, Sarah L. Boulter and Marie WaschkaChapter 2 Uncertainty/limits to adaptation/adapting to +4°C (pages 31–46): STEPHEN H. SchneiderChapter 3 Adaptation research (pages 47–55): Andrew J. Ash and Mark Stafford SmithChapter 4 Food security under a changing climate (pages 56–68): Mark Howden, Rohan A. Nelson and Steven CrimpChapter 5 Emerging dimensions of fair process for adaptation decision?making (pages 69–74): W. Neil AdgerChapter 6 Conversations on adaptation effectiveness (pages 75–86): Robert Kay, Andy Haines, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Will Steffen and Bruce ThomChapter 7 Minimising the risk of maladaptation (pages 87–93): Jon Barnett and Saffron J. O'NeillChapter 8 How much adaptation (pages 95–102): Stephen DoversChapter 9 Bridging the science–policy interface (pages 103–110): Diana M. LivermanChapter 10 Wise adaptation to climate change (pages 111–118): Nobuo MimuraChapter 11 Scenarios for picturing a future adapted to +4°C (pages 119–125): Mark Stafford SmithChapter 12 Creating legislative frameworks for adaptation (pages 126–132): Jan McDonaldChapter 13 Natural hazards and insurance (pages 133–140): Sandra SchusterChapter 14 Communication of information for adaptation (pages 141–160): Marie Waschka and Simon TorokChapter 15 Fostering community acceptance of managed retreat in New Zealand (pages 161–166): Anna Vandenbeld and Janet MacDonaldChapter 16 Community engagement to resolve climate adaptation conflicts (pages 167–176): Julian PriorChapter 17 Shared learning on adapting to climate change in south?east British Columbia, Canada (pages 177–189): Stewart Cohen, Michelle Laurie, Ingrid Liepa, Trevor Murdock, Cindy Pearce, Ellen Pond, Olaf Schroth and Jeff ZukiwskyChapter 18 Cultural dimensions of climate change adaptation (pages 190–199): Sonia Leonard and Meg ParsonsChapter 19 Adaptation, development and the community (pages 201–214): Jessica Ayers and Saleemul HuqChapter 20 Climate change and sustainable development in Botswana (pages 215–226): Opha Pauline DubeChapter 21 The challenge of adaptation that meets the needs of low?income urban dwellers (pages 227–234): David DodmanChapter 22 Migration doesn't have to be a failure to adapt (pages 235–241): Francois GemenneChapter 23 Climate change adaptation pathways (pages 242–253): Florence Crick, Johanna Wandel, Nic Maclellan and Katharine VincentChapter 24 Ecosystem impacts and adaptation (pages 257–266): Alistair J. Hobday and Guy f. MidgleyChapter 25 Nature's technology (pages 267–278): Caroline CowanChapter 26 Adaptation measures to climate change in the Mongolian livestock sector (pages 279–283): Batimaa Punsalmaa, Bolormaa Buyndalai and Batnasan NyamsurenChapter 27 Addressing water security in China (pages 285–293): Jun Xia, Thomas Tanner and Ian HolmanChapter 28 Drought proofing rural economies in semi?arid regions (pages 294–300): Antonio Rocha MagalhaesChapter 29 Changing monsoon pattern and its impact on water resources in Himalaya (pages 301–307): Prakash Chandra Tiwari and BHagwati JoshiChapter 30 Adapting to climate change in cities (pages 309–321): Shagun Mehrotra, JoAnn Carmin, Adam Fenech, Hartmut Funfgeld, Yadh Labane, Jun Li, Rob Roggema, Frank Thomalla and Cynthia RosenzweigChapter 31 A Bayesian network approach to investigating climate change and commodity price change impacts on human well?being (pages 322–350): Tim Lynam, Jenny Langridge, Art Langston and Yiheyis MaruChapter 32 Extreme event risk and climate change adaptation (pages 351–361): Martine Woolf, John Schneider and Martyn HazelwoodChapter 33 Linking disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (pages 362–370): Febi Dwirahmadi, Shannon Rutherford, Wayne Ulrich and Cordia Chu