Editors:
- Highly international, covering many countries
- Comprehensively describes research and projects on climate change adaptation
- Provides government and nongovernment bodies with a sound basis for promoting climate change adaptation efforts
- Fills in a market niche, offering a comprehensive book on the topic
Part of the book series: Climate Change Management (CCM)
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Climate Change Governance and Policy
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Front Matter
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Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
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Social Perceptions and Socio-cultural Dimensions of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
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About this book
This book gathers papers presented at the “2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation”, a joint initiative by the University of Coimbra (Portugal), the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management”at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP). The book is truly interdisciplinary, covering various key areas in the field of climate change adaptation. Its focus is on “integrative approaches to implementing climate change adaptation”, and is expected to contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Social Sciences and Management, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal
Fátima Alves
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Faculty of Life Science, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Walter Leal Filho
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Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Ulisses Azeiteiro
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Theory and Practice of Climate Adaptation
Editors: Fátima Alves, Walter Leal Filho, Ulisses Azeiteiro
Series Title: Climate Change Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72874-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72873-5Published: 04 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10283-8Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72874-2Published: 24 March 2018
Series ISSN: 1610-2002
Series E-ISSN: 1610-2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 589
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 89 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change