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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management [electronic resource] / edited by Walter Leal Filho.

By: Leal Filho, Walter [editor.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Climate Change Management: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XII, 692 p. 163 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642311109.Subject(s): Economics | Climatic changes | Environmental management | Environmental economics | Economics/Management Science | Environmental Economics | Environmental Management | Climate ChangeDDC classification: 333.7 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- Category 1 -- Category 2 -- Category 3 -- Category 4.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the neccessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing the effects of climate variability and climate change, since this can lead to a significant reduction of risk. This book presents the latest findings from scientific research on climate variation, climate change and their links with disaster risk management. It showcases projects and other initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both industrialised and developing countries, by universities and scientific institutions, government bodies, national and international agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders. Finally, it discusses current and future challenges, identifying opportunities and highlighting the still unrealised potential for promoting better understanding of the connections between climate variation, climate change and disaster risk management worldwide. 
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Preface -- Category 1 -- Category 2 -- Category 3 -- Category 4.

There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the neccessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing the effects of climate variability and climate change, since this can lead to a significant reduction of risk. This book presents the latest findings from scientific research on climate variation, climate change and their links with disaster risk management. It showcases projects and other initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both industrialised and developing countries, by universities and scientific institutions, government bodies, national and international agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders. Finally, it discusses current and future challenges, identifying opportunities and highlighting the still unrealised potential for promoting better understanding of the connections between climate variation, climate change and disaster risk management worldwide. 

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