| Description |
1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
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Routledge advances in climate change research.
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| Contents |
Introduction: adapting infrastructure to climate change -- Learning across contrasting governance regimes -- Rotterdam: a neo-corporatist approach to adaptation -- Singapore: adapting a strong city-state -- Boston: many hands on deck in the neo-pluralist U.S -- Role-play simulation exercises for social learning and collaborative problem solving -- Uncertain decision-making: the use of multiple scenarios -- Moving forward: flexible and collaborative governance |
| Summary |
"Many of the challenges that decision-makers grapple with in relation to climate change are governance related. Planning and decision-making is evolving in ambiguous institutional environments, in which many key issues remain unresolved, including relationships between different actors; funding arrangements; and the sources and procedures for vetting data. These issues are particularly acute at this juncture, as climate adaptation moves from broad planning processes to the management of infrastructure systems. Concrete decisions must be made. Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change draws on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: neo-corporatist Rotterdam, neo-pluralist Boston and semi-authoritarian Singapore. The book examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks are likely to make project-level decisions in practice, and how more effective decision-making can be supported. The differences across governance regimes are currently unaccounted for in adaptation planning, but are crucial as best practices are devised. These lessons are also applicable to infrastructure planning and decision-making in other contexts. This book will be of great interest to scholars of climate change, and environmental policy and governance, particularly in the context of infrastructure management."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Earthscan from Routledge." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page, date of publication and edition statement from title details web page (Taylor & Francis Group, viewed October 21, 2020) |
| Subject |
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Environmental aspects
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- Decision making
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Climate change mitigation -- Decision making
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Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy
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Climatic changes
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315638973 |
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1315638975 |
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9781317272625 |
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1317272625 |
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9781317272632 |
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1317272633 |
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9781317272649 |
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1317272641 |
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