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Societal Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change

Societal Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change

Kane, Sally M.
Yohe, Gary W.

Paperback

Environmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9048154944
ISBN13: 9789048154944
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 9 2010
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Changes in climate and climate variability have an effect on people's behaviour around the world, and public institutions have an important part to play in influencing our ability to respond to and plan for climate risk. We may be able to reduce climate risk by seeking to mitigate the threat on the one hand, and by adapting to a changed climate on the other. Another theme of the book is the integrated role of adaptation and mitigation in framing issues and performing analyses. Adaptation costs fall most heavily on the poor and special attention needs to be paid to adaptation by the poorest populations. An integrating framework is also presented to provide the context for an expansive typology of terms to apply to adaptation. The 12 papers collected here use methods from a variety of disciplines and focus on different time frames for decision making, from short term to the very long term.
Readership: Technically trained readers familiar with the policy issues surrounding climate change and interested in learning the scientific underpinnings of issues related to societal adaptation.

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