Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies – serie
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20 produkter
Global Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change
Inbunden, 2019
607 kr
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This book explores the link between climate change and resiliency on each continent of the world. It reviews how climate change affects populations, not only through environmental exposures and health outcomes, but how people live their lives. Zolnikov brings together a set of experts to offer a …
Community Nutrition Resilience in Greater Miami
Feeding Communities in the Face of Climate Change
Inbunden, 2019
607 kr
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This book conceptualizes community nutrition resilience as a critical area that is currently lacking the attention it requires from both the public and private sectors. The book spotlights Greater Miami’s resilience efforts, both responding to slowly developing challenges such as immigration, …
Developing the Circular Water Economy
Inbunden, 2019
660 kr
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This book presents new research on policy innovations that promote the development of the circular water economy. In contrast to the linear economy, the circular water economy promotes the reduction of water consumption, reuse of water, and recovery of resources from wastewater to not only increase …
Cities and Climate Change
Climate Policy, Economic Resilience and Urban Sustainability
Av Zaheer Allam, David Jones m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
607 kr
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This book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate change is increasingly …
Climate Resilient Urban Areas
Governance, design and development in coastal delta cities
Av Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
Inbunden, 2020
769 kr
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This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts. This challenge goes further than the ability to resist the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from them are equally important, …
Climate Resilient Urban Areas
Governance, design and development in coastal delta cities
Av Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
Häftad, 2021
769 kr
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This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts. This challenge goes further than the ability to resist the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from them are equally important, …
Culture and Climate Resilience
Perspectives from Europe
Inbunden, 2020
660 kr
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This book addresses the importance of cultural values, local knowledge and identity in building community resilience in place based contexts. There is a growing impetus among policy makers and practitioners to support and empower capacities of communities under changing climatic conditions. Despite …
Water Asset Management in Times of Climate Change and Digital Transformation
Av Robert Kijak
Inbunden, 2021
769 kr
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In this book, climate change and digital transformation are explored as key strategic drivers for the contemporary practices of water utility companies. These drivers seem to be separate, but clearly, they are not.The recent weather anomalies in water stressed countries are discussed, which have …
Towards a just climate change resilience
Developing resilient, anticipatory and inclusive community response
Av Pedro Henrique Campello Torres, Pedro Roberto Jacobi
Inbunden, 2021
716 kr
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This book provides an accessible overview of how efforts to combat climate change and social inequalities should be tackled simultaneously. In the context of the climate emergency, the impacts of extreme events can already be felt around the world. The book centres on five case studies from the …
Decarbonisation Pathways for African Cities
Av Smith I Azubuike, Ayodele Asekomeh m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
498 kr
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This book examines the pathways to decarbonising African cities, structured around strategies and applications in renewable energy, waste management, healthcare, telecommunication, education and governance reconfigurations for Petro-cities. Throughout the book the authors highlight infrastructural, …
Climate Risks to Water Security
Framing Effective Response in Asia and the Pacific
Av Hemant Ojha, Nicholas Schofield m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
498 kr
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In Asia and the Pacific, climate change is now a well-recognised risk to water security but responses to this risk are either under reported, or continue to be guided by the incremental or business as usual approaches. Water policy still tends to remain too narrow and fragmented, compared to the …
Building Climate Resilient Communities Along Africa's Coasts
The Role of Mangroves
Inbunden, 2025
498 kr
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The book "Building Climate Resilient Communities along Africa's Coasts: The Role of Mangroves" highlights the crucial role mangrove ecosystems play in enhancing climate resilience for coastal communities in Africa, which face rising sea levels, intensified storms, and habitat loss. With Africa’s …
Building Resilience
Climate Change and Livelihoods in the Global South
Inbunden, 2025
498 kr
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This book explores the intersection of climate resilience, livelihoods, and sustainability in various sectors – from forestry to fisheries and agriculture – within the global South. The author provides a comprehensive examination of how climate change impacts these communities, the adaptive …
Building Resilience
Climate Change and Livelihoods in the Global South
Häftad, 2026
498 kr
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This book explores the intersection of climate resilience, livelihoods, and sustainability in various sectors – from forestry to fisheries and agriculture – within the global South. The author provides a comprehensive examination of how climate change impacts these communities, the adaptive …
Rethinking Water and Energy for a Sustainable Future
Av Yulia Ermolaeva, Robert C. Brears m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
442 kr
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This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore the intricate relationship between water, energy, and societal well-being. It combines environmental, economic, social, and technological perspectives to comprehensively analyse water's crucial role in energy generation and its essential …
Agroforestry for a Sustainable Future
The Place of Carbon Credits and Markets
Inbunden, 2025
442 kr
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This book investigates the multifaceted role of agroforestry in promoting sustainability and resilience in agricultural systems, with a particular focus on the potential of carbon credits and markets to incentivize these systems. The approach taken in this book is interdisciplinary, drawing from …
Climate Strategies and Sustainability Pathways of Italian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Av Vera Palea, Lino Cinquini m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
333 kr
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This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the resilience of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to climate change, drawing on a unique and extensive empirical investigation involving more than 10,000 Italian firms. It examines corporate perceptions of climate-related risks, …
Nexus Between Livelihood Capital and Resilience in Africa
Regional Perspectives and Pathways
Inbunden, 2026
442 kr
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This book examines the nexus between livelihood capital and resilience across Africa, offering a regional perspective on how people cope with climate change, conflict, and economic uncertainty. Drawing on the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, it explains how natural, human, social, physical, and …
Climate Resilient Water Resources Management
Inbunden, 2018
607 kr
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The effects of climate change are beginning to impact water quantity and water quality across the globe. However, there is no single action or strategy that any government can implement to ensure a community is resilient to climate change-related extreme weather events while also protecting the …
Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events
Av Teresa Sprague, Kathrin Prenger-Berninghoff
Inbunden, 2018
607 kr
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This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change. The content takes an urban planning perspective with a water-related focus, exploring the continued global and local efforts in improving disaster risk management within the water …
