| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Vulnerability research and assessment to support adaptation and mitigation : common themes from the diversity of approaches / Anthony G. Patt. [and others] -- 2. The house is both empty and sad : social vulnerability, environmental disturbance, economic change, and the Irish potato famine / Evan D.G. Fraser -- 3. Vulnerability assessments in the developed world : the UK and Norway / Ian Holman and Lars Otto Naess -- 4. Vulnerability assessments in the developing world : Mozambique and South Africa / Siri Eriksen. [and others] -- 5. Global assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise : experience from DINAS-COAST / Richard J.T. Klein and Jochen Hinkel -- 6. Our vulnerability to changes in ecosystem services / Dagmar Schroter -- 7. Assessing vulnerability of human health / Hans-Martin Fussel and Kristie L. Ebi -- 8. Mapping double exposure to climate change and trade liberalization as an awareness raising tool / Robin Leichenko and Karen O'Brien -- 9. An agent-based framework for assessing vulnerability futures / Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik and Mark Rounsevell -- 10. Assessing financial and economic vulnerability to natural hazards : bridging the gap between scientific assessment and the implementation of disaster risk management with the CatSim model / Stefan Hochrainer and Reinhard Mechler -- 11. Evaluation of a stakeholder dialogue on European vulnerability to global change / A. Cristina de la Vega-Leinert and Dagmar Schroter -- 12. Defining dangerous climate change : the Beijing exercise / Martin Welp, Antonella Battaglini and Carlo C. Jaeger -- 13. A framework for analyzing methodologies of vulnerability assessments / Jochen Hinkel |
| Summary |
Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental change particularly climate change is now the main imperative of research and international action. However much of the research into vulnerability is not designed to feed directly into decision making and policy creating a gap between the knowledge created by researchers and what is required by decision makers. This book seeks to rectify this problem and bridge the gap. It discusses vulnerability as the central theme and brings together many different applications from disaster studies climate change impact studies and s |
| Analysis |
Electronic books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Global environmental change.
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Environmental policy.
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Environmental risk assessment.
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environmental policy.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Environmental policy
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Environmental risk assessment
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Global environmental change
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patt, Anthony G.
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| LC no. |
2008033032 |
| ISBN |
9781849770514 |
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1849770514 |
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9781435699496 |
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1435699491 |
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