Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

by Shaw, Rajib; Pulhin, Juan M.; Pereira, Joy Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780857244871
• ISBN10: 0857244876
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd

Summary

Highlighting the linkages between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), this text addresses key issues related to CCA-DRR synergy and interactions.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Editors	p. xiii
Brief Introduction to the Series	p. xv
Brief Introduction to the Volume	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Overview of Issues and Challenges	p. 1
Embedding Climate Change Adaptation within Disaster Risk Reduction	p. 23
Disaster Risk Reduction under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	p. 47
Promoting Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Post-Kyoto Climate Regime	p. 77
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Enabling Environment for Integration	p. 99
Adaptive Governance of Risks: Climate, Water, and Disasters	p. 115
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through School Education: Perspectives and Challenges	p. 143
Teleprocessing for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction	p. 171
Climate Change Adaptation and Urban Risk Management	p. 195
Climate Change Adaptation and Coastal Zone Management	p. 217
Climate Change Adaptation and Community Forest Management	p. 243
River Basin Management for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction in the Face of Changing Climate	p. 265
Housing Sector Considerations in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation	p. 291
Integrated Management of Urban Flooding for Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries	p. 305
Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction with Climate Change Adaptation: Recent Initiatives in South Asia	p. 325
Climate Change Adaptation in ASEAN: Actions and Challenges	p. 349
Climate Change Adaptation Issues in Small Island Developing States	p. 369
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