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Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk: Beyond Fragmented Responses

Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk: Beyond Fragmented Responses

O'Brien, Geoff
O'Keefe, Phil

Hardcover

Environmental StudiesGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 0415600936
ISBN13: 9780415600934
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 17 2013
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.20 Depth: 10.10
Language: English

Resilience has become the new buzz word - in Government, Health, Energy and Disaster Management sectors. Climate change is the single largest threat to sustainable development, and addressing climate risk is a challenge for all.

This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities to tackle the challenges faced in addressing climate risk reduction. It evaluates approaches used by each community to reduce the adverse effects of climate change, and argues that adaptation focused on peoples' livelihoods, rather than technology, is the best way to reduce risk. One area that offers some promise for bringing together these communities is through the concept of resilience: a process that embeds capacity to respond to and cope with disruptive events. The book explores various models of resilience and concludes by evaluating the scope for a holistic approach where these communities can build communities resilient to climate driven risks.

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