Climate Change and the Coast

Building Resilient Communities
Herausgeber: Glavovic, Bruce; Kelly, Mick; Kay, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

Coastal communities are at the frontline of a changing climate. Escalating problems created by sea-level rise, a greater number of severe coastal storms, and other repercussions of climate change will exacerbate already pervasive impacts resulting from rapid coastal population growth and intensification of development. To prosper in the coming decades, coastal communities need to build their adaptive capacity and resilience. Telling the stories of real-world communities in a wide range of coastal settings, including America's Gulf of Mexico coast, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Maldives, southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, the case studies in Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities reveal a rich diversity of adaptation approaches. A number of common themes emerge that indicate opportunities, barriers, and on-ground realities for progressing adaptation at the coast. Together, they highlight the need to consciously reflect on current circumstances, contemplate future prospects, and deliberately choose pathways that are attuned to the changing circumstances climate change will bring to coastal regions. This process is termed "reflexive adaptation," capturing the principle of critical self-reflection and self-correction in the face of adversity, uncertainty, surprise, and contestation. Provides practical advice for adapting to climate change based on case studies written by leading specialists with firsthand experience in real-world communities in diverse coastal settings around the globe Integrates insights from research and practice in an accessible way so that coastal communities can plan proactively for a future shaped by climate change Explains how climate change compounds pervasive unsustainable practices in coasts around the world Explores how coastal governance and adaptation theory and practices have evolved Details the barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities will interest those concerned about the future of coastal communities. It shows what has succeeded and what has failed around the world, and where there are opportunities to be grasped and pitfalls to be avoided. It will be invaluable to those involved in enabling adaptation to climate change, including policy-makers, coastal managers, day-to-day decision-makers, students, and researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 598
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1056g
• ISBN-13: 9780415464871
• ISBN-10: 0415464870
• Artikelnr.: 23594624

Autorenporträt

Bruce C. Glavovic holds the EQC Chair in Natural Hazards Planning at Massey University, New Zealand. His research explores the role of governance and land-use planning in building resilient and sustainable communities. He has over 25 years of experience in academia, private consulting, and government, mainly in the Republic of South Africa, the United States, and New Zealand. He is currently vice-chair of the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Scientific Steering Committee. Robert C. Kay is principal consultant of Coastal Zone Management Pty (Ltd) and of Adaptive Futures, Claremont, Australia, two niche consulting companies advising governments, communities, and companies worldwide on the challenges posed by climate change impacts. Dr. Kay has 25 years of experience in climate change impact assessment, coastal zone management, and planning through work in government, consulting, and academic sectors. He holds a position of visiting adjunct professor at the Sustainability Research Center at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has an honours degree in geology (Wales) and a PhD in environmental science (East Anglia, UK). Philip Michael (Mick) Kelly is a consultant with Tanelorn Associates based in New Zealand's winterless north. Having retired from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, where he specialized in research on mechanisms of climate change and climate vulnerability, he now manages 69 acres of regenerating bush and is committed to community-based science projects. Ailbhe Travers is a coastal geomorphologist with over ten years of experience in environmental studies, focusing specifically on the coastal realm. She holds an honours degree in environmental science (University of Ulster) and a PhD in geography and environmental systems engineering at the University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Coastal communities and the climate change imperative.
Introduction. Climate drivers in the coastal zone. On the frontline in the
Anthropocene: Adapting to climate change through deliberative coastal
governance. Part II. Climate change and the coastal zone: North America.
Social-ecological change in Canada's Arctic: Coping, adapting, and learning
for an uncertain future. Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in
coastal New York City. Crisis on the delta: emerging trajectories for New
Orleans. Part III. Climate change and the coastal zone: South and Southeast
Asia. Building resilient coastal communities by enabling participatory
action: A case study from India. Climate adaptation technologies in
agriculture and water supply and sanitation practice in the coastal region
of Bangladesh. Coastal zone management and climate policy in Vietnam. A
climate for change: A comparative analysis of climate change adaptation in
rapidly urbanizing Australian and Chinese city regions. Part IV. Climate
change and the coastal zone: Australasia. The evolution of coastal
vulnerability assessments to support adaptive decision-making in Australia:
a review. Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change: a case
study of South East Queensland. From coping to resilience: The role of
managed retreat in highly developed coastal regions of New Zealand. Part V.
Climate change and the coastal zone: Small islands. A tale of two atoll
nations: a comparison of risk, resilience, and adaptive response of
Kiribati and the Maldives. Planning for coastal change in Caribbean small
islands. Part VI. Climate change and the coastal zone: South America. A
risk-based and participatory approach to assessing climate vulnerability
and improving governance in coastal Uruguay. The promise of coastal
management in Brazil in times of global climate change. Part VII. Climate
change and the coastal zone: Europe. Toward adaptive management in coastal
zones: experience from the eastern coastline of England. Adaptation to
change in the North Sea area: Maritime spatial planning as a new planning
challenge in times of climate change. Mainstreaming climate change
adaptation with existing coastal management for the Mediterranean coastal
region. Part VIII. Climate change and the coastal zone: Africa. Climate
change and the coastal zone of Mozambique: supporting decision-making for
community-based adaptation. Climate change and the coasts of Africa: Durban
case study. Part IX. Conclusion and practical steps for adapting to climate
change. Toward reflexive adaptation and resilient coastal communities.
Reflexive adaptation in practice. In conclusion. References. Index.