This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance, unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that, depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather. Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental management with any climate-change adaptation effort.
| ISBN: | 9783642358036 |
| Publication date: | 20th April 2013 |
| Author: | Ole Bruun, Thorkil Casse |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 265 pages |
| Series: | Environmental Science and Engineering |
| Genres: |
The environment Cultural studies Meteorology and climatology |
This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance, unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that, depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather. Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental management with any climate-change adaptation effort.
On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change Environmental Science features in the following genres: The environment, Cultural studies, Meteorology and climatology
On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change Environmental Science is available in Hardback
On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change Environmental Science was written by Ole Bruun, Thorkil Casse and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change Environmental Science has 265 pages
Yes it is part of Environmental Science and Engineering series