Managing adaptation to climate risk : beyond fragmented responses /

Managing adaptation to climate risk : beyond fragmented responses /

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Author / Creator:	O'Brien, Geoff.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Description:	xiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Human ecology. Climatic extremes. Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on. Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on. Climatic extremes. Human ecology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9290706

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Other authors / contributors:	O'Keefe, Philip.
ISBN:	9780415600934 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415600936 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415600941 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415600944 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

The sustainability problem
The climate journey
Climate extremes
does a post-normal approach make sense?
Disaster management
Adaptation
The concept of resilience
Development
Social capital and social learning
Conclusion.