Research Catalog

Title

Building a climate resilient economy and society : challenges and opportunities / edited by K.N. Ninan, Chairperson, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India and Co-Chair, Panel on Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, United Nations, Bonn, Germany, Makoto Inoue, Professor of Environmental Sociology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University and former Professor of Global Forest Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan ; foreword by Sir Robert T. Watson.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]

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Additional Authors

• Ninan, K. N. (Karachepone Ninan), 1950-
• Inoue, Makoto, 1960-

Description

xxiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Subjects

• Klimaänderung
• Climatic changes > Social aspects
• Climatic changes > Economic aspects
• Humanökologie
• Umweltpolitik

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience. The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality -- Adaptive capacity contributing to improved agricultural productivity at the household level: empirical findings highlighting the importance of crop insurance -- Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience the role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities -- Coproducing resilience through understanding vulnerability -- Climate resilience and sustainable development: challenges and options for small island developing states .Part II. Climate resilience: sectoral perspectives. Part III. Incentives, governance and policy.

ISBN

• 9781785368448
• 1785368443

LCCN

2016962578

OCLC

• ocn967369667
• 967369667
• SCSB-9027593

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Columbia University Libraries