Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation in practice. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fabrice G. Renaud, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Marisol Estrella, Udo Nehren, editors.
• Other Names: Renaud, Fabrice G; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Estrella, Marisol; Nehren, Udo
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Developments and Opportunities for Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Do We Mean by Eco-DRR/CCA?; Box 1.1: Definitions of Eco-DRR and EbA; 1.3 Eco-DRR/CCA Gaining Steam Globally; 1.4 Progress on the Science Front; 1.4.1 Coastal Ecosystems for Coastline Protection; 1.4.2 Riverine Ecosystems for Floods Protection; 1.4.3 Protection Forests for Landslide Risk Reduction; 1.5 Structure of the Book; References; Part I: Economic Approaches and Tools for Eco-DRR/CCA. Chapter 2: Valuing Ecosystems as an Economic Part of Climate-Compatible Development Infrastructure in Coastal Zones of Kenya & Sri Lanka2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Economic Value of Coastal Ecosystem Services; 2.3 How Undervaluation Poses a Problem for Development Decision-Making; 2.4 Frameworks for Identifying and Demonstrating Ecosystem Values; 2.5 Weighing up the Opportunity Costs of Land Use Change in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka; 2.6 Articulating the Economic Gains from Ecosystem-Based Approaches on the Kwale Coastline, Kenya. 2.7 Encouraging Investments in Ecosystems as Climate-Compatible Development InfrastructureReferences; Chapter 3: Cost Benefit Analysis for Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions: A Review of Best Practices and Existing Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Economic Analytical Framework for Assessing Long-Term Costs and Benefits of Eco-DRR Interventions.; 3.2.1 Fundamentals of Cost Benefit Analysis; 3.2.2 Cost Benefit Analysis for Eco-DRR Intervention: Best Practices; 3.2.3 Socioeconomic Data Collection Strategies for Retrospective CBA. Box: Case Study: Bangladesh Afforestation Program*3.3 Review of Literature on the Economics of Eco-DRR; 3.3.1 Scope and Purpose of the Analysis; 3.3.2 Geographic Scale; 3.3.3 Ecosystems and Hazards Analyzed; 3.3.4 Time Horizon and Longevity (Duration) of Costs and Benefits; 3.3.5 Baseline; 3.3.6 Model Specification; 3.3.7 Concurrent Programs and Confounding Effects; 3.3.8 Benefits and Costs Estimates; 3.3.9 Socio-economic Data Collection Strategy; 3.3.10 Discount Rate; 3.3.11 Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR), and Present Value of net Benefits (PVNB). 3.3.12 Uncertainty of Estimates and Sensitivity Analysis3.3.13 Distributional Issues; 3.4 Conclusions and Recommendations; References; Chapter 4: Mangrove Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): A Viable Funding Mechanism for Disaster Risk Reduction?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Mangrove Forests Provide a Multitude of Ecosystem Services; 4.1.1.1 Hydrodynamic Attenuation (Regulating Service); 4.1.1.2 Shoreline Erosion Control and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise (Regulating Service); 4.1.1.3 Carbon Storage (Regulating Service); 4.1.1.4 Forest Products and Fisheries (Provisioning Services).
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 353.9/5; 550; Earth sciences; Emergency management; Natural disasters; Geology; Endangered ecosystems; Climatic changes; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Emergency Management; Emergency management; Natural disasters; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Environmental Science; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Climate change; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319436333; 3319436333
• Related ISBNs: 3319436317; 9783319436319
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