Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: O'Brien, Karen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new perspective on adaptation to climate change. It considers climate change as more than a problem that can be addressed solely through technical expertise. Instead, it approaches climate change as an adaptive challenge that is fundamentally linked to beliefs, values and worldviews, as well as to power, politics, identities and interests. Drawing on case studies from high-income countries, the book argues that it is time to consider adaptation to climate change as a challenge of social, personal and political transformations. The authors represent a variety of fields and perspectives, illustrating the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to the problem. The book will be of interest to researchers, policymakers and advanced students in the environmental sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as to decision makers and practitioners interested in new ideas about adapting to climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316396926
• Artikelnr.: 52970479

Inhaltsangabe

1. Climate change as an adaptive challenge Karen O'Brien and Elin Selboe;
2. The intangibles of climate change adaptation: philosophy, ethics and
values Bertrand Guillaume and Stijn Neuteleers; 3. Urban climate change
policy transitions: views from New York City and London William Solecki,
Lesley Patrick and Zoe Sprigings; 4. Planning for climate change adaptation
in urban areas Jan Erling Klausen, Inger-Lise Saglie, Knut Bjørn Stokke and
Marte Winswold; 5. The challenge of governing adaptation in Australia
Steven Waller and Jon Barnett; 6. Emerging equity and justice concerns for
climate change adaptation: a case study of New York State Peter Vancura and
Robin Leichenko; 7. Transforming towards or away from sustainability? How
conflicting interests and aspirations influence local adaptation Siri
Eriksen and Elin Selboe; 8. Opportunistic adaptation: new discourses on
oil, equity and environmental security Berit Kristoffersen; 9. Place
attachment, identity and adaptation Tare Quinn, Irene Lorenzoni and W. Neil
Adger; 10. Values and traditional practices in adaptation to climate change
- evidence from a Q method study in two communities in Labrador, Canada
Johanna Wolf, Ilana Allice and Trevor Bell; 11. Exploring vulnerability and
adaptation narratives among fishers, farmers and municipal planners in
Northern Norway Grete K. Hovelsrud, Jennifer J. West and Halvor Dannevig;
12. Changes in organizational culture, changes in adaptive capacity?
Examples from the Norwegian and Swedish electricity sectors Tor Håkon
Inderberg; 13. From informant to actor to leader: social-ecological
inventories as a catalyst for leadership development in participatory
community climate change adaptation Bradley May; 14. Participation and
learning for climate change adaptation: a case study of the Swedish
forestry sector Åsa Gerger Swartling, Oskar Wallgren, Richard J. T. Klein,
Johanna Ulmanen and Maja Dahlin; 15. Integral GIS: widening the frame of
reference for adaptation planning Lynn D. Rosentrater; 16. There must be
more: communication to close the cultural divide Susanne C. Moser and Carol
L. Berzonsky; 17. Social transformation: the real adaptive challenge Karen
O'Brien and Elin Selboe.