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Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations

From Theory to Practice

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. James D. Ford

    1. , Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  2. Lea Berrang-Ford

    1. , Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  • Offers practical lessons for adapting to climate change
  • Features a unique structure: leading scientists provide an overview chapter for each section, critique the chapters, discuss adaptation progress in the section in question, and outline future research and policy needs
  • Focuses on the developed world where many edited volumes focus on developing nations
  • Presents case studies from a diversity of authors including scientists as well as policy makers from the US, Japan, Australia, Canada, UK, France, Germany, New Zealand, and Hungary

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 42)

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It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change. What we know about adaptation, however, is limited. While there is a well established body of scholarship proposing assessment approaches and explaining concepts, few studies have examined if and how adaptation is taking place at a national or regional level.

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

    1. Introduction

      • James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford
      Pages 3-20

    2. Climate Change Adaptation as a Social Process

      • Johanna Wolf
      Pages 21-32

    3. Entering the Period of Consequences: The Explosive US Awakening to the Need for Adaptation

      • Susanne C. Moser
      Pages 33-49

    4. Perspectives on Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe

      • Stéphane Isoard
      Pages 51-68

    5. The Australian Experience

      • Timothy Frederick Smith, Dana C. Thomsen, Noni Keys
      Pages 69-84

    6. Leading the UK Adaptation Agenda: A Landscape of Stakeholders and Networked Organizations for Adaptation to Climate Change

      • Emily Boyd, Roger Street, Megan Gawith, Kate Lonsdale, Laurie Newton, Kay Johnstone et al.
      Pages 85-102

    7. Adaptation to Climate Change in Canada: A Multi-level Mosaic

      • Thea Dickinson, Ian Burton
      Pages 103-117

  4. Adaptation in the Public Health Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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  5. ADAPTATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR

    1. Overview: Adaptive Management for the Health Risks of Climate Change

      • Kristie L. Ebi
      Pages 121-131

    2. Behavioral Health and Risk Perception: Factors in Strengthening Community Resiliency and Emergency Preparedness

      • David Hutton
      Pages 133-142

    3. Lateral Public Health: A Comprehensive Approach to Adaptation in Urban Environments

      • Jan C. Semenza
      Pages 143-159

    4. Public Health in Canada and Adaptation to Infectious Disease Risks of Climate Change: Are We Planning or Just Keeping Our Fingers Crossed?

      • Nicholas Hume Ogden, Paul Sockett, Manon Fleury
      Pages 161-175

    5. Climate Change, Water-Related Health Impacts, and Adaptation: Highlights from the Swedish Government’s Commission on Climate and Vulnerability

      • Elisabet Lindgren, Ann Albihn, Yvonne Andersson
      Pages 177-188

    6. Adaptation to the Heat-Related Health Impact of Climate Change in Japan

      • Yasushi Honda, Masaji Ono, Kristie L. Ebi
      Pages 189-203

    7. Risk Perception, Health Communication, and Adaptation to the Health Impacts of Climate Change in Canada

      • Peter Berry, Kaila-Lea Clarke, Mark Pajot, David Hutton
      Pages 205-219

  6. Adaptation in the Industrial Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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  7. ADAPTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

    1. Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in Industry

      • Paul Kovacs
      Pages 223-230

    2. Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Electricity Sector in Germany and France

      • Benno Rothstein, Sylvie Parey
      Pages 231-241
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  • , Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford

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