A flurry of extreme weather events, together with projections that grow more sombre with every new scientific advance, have dramatically highlighted the need to respond more effectively to climate change. Reacting to events after they occur is no longer sufficient; we increasingly need to anticipate and reduce the suffering and the enormously damaging impacts coming events will cause. This book addresses a major gap in adaptation efforts to date by pointing to the vital role that an understanding of population dynamics and an extensive use of demographic data have in developing pre-emptive and effective adaptation policies and practices. It provides key concepts linking demography and adaptation, data foundations and techniques for analysing climate vulnerability, as well as case studies where these concepts and analyses illuminate who is vulnerable and how to help build their resilience.
| ISBN: | 9780897140010 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2013 |
| Author: | United Nations Population Fund |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Cat III - All Titles |
| Genres: |
Population and demography |
A flurry of extreme weather events, together with projections that grow more sombre with every new scientific advance, have dramatically highlighted the need to respond more effectively to climate change. Reacting to events after they occur is no longer sufficient; we increasingly need to anticipate and reduce the suffering and the enormously damaging impacts coming events will cause. This book addresses a major gap in adaptation efforts to date by pointing to the vital role that an understanding of population dynamics and an extensive use of demographic data have in developing pre-emptive and effective adaptation policies and practices. It provides key concepts linking demography and adaptation, data foundations and techniques for analysing climate vulnerability, as well as case studies where these concepts and analyses illuminate who is vulnerable and how to help build their resilience.
The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change features in the following genres: Population and demography
The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change is available in Paperback
The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change was written by United Nations Population Fund and published by United Nations Publications
The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change has 200 pages
Yes it is part of Cat III - All Titles series