Living with climate change : how communities are surviving and thriving in a changing climate /: how communities are surviving and thriving in a changing climate. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Kim S. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola.
• Authors: Bullock, Jane A; Bullock, Jane A; Haddow, George D; Haddow, Kim; Coppola, Damon P
• Contents: Learning to Survive and Thrive in a Changed Climate; Kim S. Haddow; Introduction; A Stepped-Up Timetable Has Increased the Need for Urgent Action; "Time Is Not on Our Side"; Limiting and Living with Climate Change; Cities Lead the Way; Adaptation Planning Is Picking Up, but Implementation Lags; Challenges Cities Face; How Cities Have Succeeded in Moving from Resilience Planning to Action; Common Elements and Practices Shared by Resilient Communities; Conclusion; References; ; Community Risk Implications; Damon P. Coppola; Introduction; Effect of Climate Change on Community Risk; Influence of Climate Change on Community Hazards; Sea-Level Rise; Changes in Sea Surface Temperature and pH (Acidity); Increased, Decreased, and Unpredictable Precipitation Levels; Increasing Average Annual Temperatures; Stronger (Yet Less Frequent) Storms; Health-Related Issues; Power Failure; Conclusion; References; ; The Stages of Adaptive Planning; Introduction; Planning and Climate Change: Creating Resilience in US Communities; James Schwab; Climate Adaptation for Emergency Managers; Eric Holdeman; References; ; The Role of Local, State, and Federal Governments in Climate Change Adaptation; Introduction; Recent Actions that Federal, State, and Local Governments Are Engaged in Relative to the Issues Arising from the Impacts of Climate Change; Jane A. Bullock; Federal Government Efforts in Climate Change; Government Strategies for Natural Hazards Management; Brian Cowan ; Assessing the Climate Adaptation Resource and Service Landscape; Missy Stults, John R. Nordgren, Sara Meerow, Melisa Ongun, Rachel Jacobson, and Cory Hamilton ; References; ; The Elements of a Successful Adaptation Plan/Obstacles and Constraints; Introduction; Climate Adaptation as an Evolutionary Process: A White Paper; Ronald D. Brunner and John R. Nordgren; Missed Opportunities: Evaluating What Works; Ronald D. Brunner; Conclusion; References; ; Case Studies in Long-Term Disaster Risk Reduction; Introduction; A Tulsa Story: Learning to Live in Harmony with Nature; Ann Patton and Crystal Kline ; Hazard Mitigation in Berkeley, California: Partnering for Community Action; Arrietta Chakos; Living River: The Napa Valley Flood Management Plan; David Dickson; References; ; Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation; Introduction; Reducing Vulnerability to Catastrophic Wildfires and Related Flooding in Flagstaff, Arizona; Megan O’Grady, Karen Carney, and Jason M. Vogel; Appendix 7A: Members of the Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership; Appendix 7B: Flagstaff Case Study; Reducing Vulnerability to Flooding in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Missy Stults and Jason M. Vogel ; Reducing Vulnerability to Coastal Flooding in Norfolk, Virginia; Alexis St. Juliana and Jason M. Vogel; The Plan to Rebuild after Hurricane Sandy: A Roadmap for the World; Kim S. Haddow ; Conclusion; References; ; International Case Studies in Climate Change Adaptation; George D. Haddow; Introduction; Livelihoods and Climate Change; Australia’s Climate Change Adaptation Good Practice Project; Addressing the Humanitarian Challenges of Climate Change: Regional and National Perspectives—Case Studies; Drawing Up a National Adaptation Policy: Feedback on Five European Case Studies; CARE Reports; Maldives: National Adaptation to Climate Change; Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation; Conclusion; References; ; Conclusions and Recommendations; George D. Haddow; Introduction; Conclusions: What Works; Recommendations: How to Make It Work in Your Community; Local Government; Federal Support for Community-Based Hazard Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation; State Government Support for Community-Based Hazard Risk Mitigation; Business Community Support for Community-Based Hazard Risk Mitigation; Voluntary and Nonprofit Agencies Support for Community-Based Hazard Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation; Conclusion
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Auerbach
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.3492170973; Emergency management -- United States; Climatic changes -- Risk management -- United States; Cities and towns -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498725392
• Related ISBNs: 9781498725361
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