Adapting to Climate Change
Thresholds, Values, Governance
- Edited by: W. Neil Adger, University of East Anglia
- Edited by: Irene Lorenzoni, University of East Anglia
- Edited by: Karen L. O'Brien, Universitetet i Oslo
- W. Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni, Karen O'Brien, Garry Peterson, Nigel W. Arnell, Matt Charlton, Tim Reeder, Jon Wicks, Luke Lovell, Owen Tarrant, Suraje Dessai, Mike Hulme, Robert Lempert, Roger Pielke, Jr., Anthony G. Patt, Andrew J. Dugmore, Christian Keller, Thomas H. McGovern, Andrew F. Casely, Konrad Smiarowski, James D. Ford, Ben Orlove, Johanna Wolf, Roger Few, Vanessa Abrahamson, Rosalind Raine, Alistair Hunt, Tim Taylor, Hallie Eakin, Emma L. Tompkins, Donald R. Nelson, John M. Anderies, Jonathan Ensor, Rachel Berger, Tori L. Jennings, Sarah Coulthard, Thomas Heyd, Nick Brooks, Roberta Balstad, Roly Russell, Vladimir Gil, Sabine Marx, Robert McLeman, Susanne C. Moser, Timothy J. Finan, Arun Agrawal, Nicolas Perrin, Sophie Nicholson-Cole, Tim O'Riordan, Alena Drieschova, Mark Giordano, Itay Fischhendler, Maria Brockhaus, Hermann Kambiré, Erik S. Reinert, Iulie Aslaksen, Inger Marie G. Eira, Svein D. Mathiesen, Hugo Reinert, Ellen Inga Turi, Tor Håkon Inderberg, Per Ove Eikeland, Marisa Goulden, Lars Otto Næss, Katharine Vincent, Richard J. T. Klein, Annett Möhner, Marte Winsvold, Knut Bjørn Stokke, Jan Erling Klausen, Inger Lise Saglie
- ISBN:9780521182515
- Publication date:January 2011
Adapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and governments. This book presents top science and social science research on whether the world can adapt to climate change. Written by experts, both academics and practitioners, it examines the risks to ecosystems, demonstrating how values, culture and the constraining forces of governance act as barriers to action. As a review of science and a holistic assessment of adaptation options, it is essential reading for those concerned with responses to climate change, especially researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and graduate students. Significant features include historical, contemporary, and future insights into adaptation to climate change; coverage of adaptation issues from different perspectives: climate science, hydrology, engineering, ecology, economics, human geography, anthropology and political science; and contributions from leading researchers and practitioners from around the world.
