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Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation by Jean P. Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Jon Barnett, David Rissik is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation about?
The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptation practices through a series of case studies. It presents important evidence about adaptation practices in agriculture, businesses, the coastal zone, community services, disaster management, ecosystems, indigneous populations, and settlements and infrastructure. In addition to 38 case studies across these sectors, the book contains horizon-scoping essays from international experts in adaptation research, including Hallie Eakin, Susanne Moser, Jonathon Overpeck, Bill Solecki, and Gary Yohe. Australia’s social-ecological systems have a long history of adapting to climate variability and change, and in recent decades has been a world-leader in implementing and researching adaptation, making this book of universal relevance to all those working to adapt our environment and societies to climate change.
Who reads Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jean P. Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Jon Barnett, David Rissik
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781118845035
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Management, Sociology
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