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Adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities -- Overview: Climate change adaptation in rural and resource-dependent communities / Stewart J. Cohen -- Scenarios for engaging a rural Australian community in climate change adaptation work / Jodi-Anne Michelle Smith, Martin Mulligan, and Yaso Nadarajah -- Coordinating environmental protection and climate change adaptation policy in resource-dependent communities : a case study from the Tibetan plateau / Julia A. Klein ... [et al.] -- Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in drinking water source protection in Ontario : challenges and opportunities / Rob C. de Loee -- Opportunities and barriers for adaptation and local adaptation planning in Canadian rural and resource-based communities / Robert A. McLeman ... [et al.] -- Anticipatory adaptation in marginalized communities within developing countries / Michelle Boyle and Hadi Dowlatabadi -- Future directions -- Adaptation to climate change : contents, status, and prospects.
Adaptation in the agricultural sector -- Overview: Climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector / John M. Reilly -- Climate change and adaptation of wheat producing nations : selected case studies from Canada and Australia / Monique Helfrich and Vivek Prasad -- Use of modern portfolio theory to evaluate diversification of agricultural land use as an adaptation to climate risks in the Tisza River Basin / Saskia E. Werner, aEva Erdaelyi, and Iwan Supit -- Government action to promote sustainable adaptation by the agriculture and land management sector in England / Nicholas A. Macgregor and Caroline E. Cowan --
Adaptation in the urban environment -- Overview: Climate change adaptation in the urban environment / Thomas J. Wilbanks -- Integrated assessment of climate change impacts on urban settlements : lessons from five Australian cases / Geraldine Li and Stephen Dovers -- The role of local government in adapting to climate change : lessons from New Zealand / Andy Reisinger ... [et al] -- Perception of risk and limits to climate change adaptation : case studies of two Swedish urban regions / Louise Simonsson ... [et al.] -- Asking the climate question : climate change adaptation in King Country, Washington / Elizabeth Willmott and Jennifer Penny --
Adaptation in the industrial sector -- Overview : Climate change adaptation in industry / Paul Kovacs -- Impacts of and adaptation to climate change in the electricity sector in Germany and France / Benno Rothstein and Sylvie Parey -- The role of codes, standards, and related instruments in facilitating adaptation to climate change / Paul Steenhof and Erik Sparling -- Learning adaptation : climate-related risk management in the insurance industry / Christina L. Cook and Hadi Dowlatabadi -- Adaptive capacity of forest management systems on publicly owned forest landscapes in Canada / Mark Johnston ... [et al.] --
Adaptation in the public health sector -- Overview : Adaptive management for the health risks of climate change / Kristie L. Ebi -- Behavioural health and risk perception : factors in strengthening community resiliency and emergency preparedness / David Hutton -- Lateral public health : a comprehensive approach to adaptation in urban environments / Jan C. Semenza -- Public health in Canada and adaptation to infectious disease risks of climate change : are we planning or just keeping our fingers crossed? / Nicholas Hume Ogden, Paul Stockett, and Manon Fleury -- Climate change : water-related health impacts, and adaptation : highlights from the Swedish Government's Commission on Climate and Vulnerability / Elisabet Lindgren, Ann Albihn, and Yvonne Anderson -- Adaptation to the heat-related health impact of climate change in Japan / Yasushi Honda, Masaji Ono, and Kristie L. Ebi -- Risk perception, health communication, and adaptation to the health impacts of climate change in Canada / Peter Berry ... [et al.] --
Introduction and overview -- Introduction / James D. Ford and Lea Berrang Ford -- Climate change adaptation as a social process / Johanna Wolf -- Entering the period of consequences : the explosive US awakening to the need for adaptation / Susanne C. Moser -- Perspectives on adaptation to climate change in Europe / Staephane Isoard -- The Australian experience / Timothy Frederick Smith, Dana C. Thomsen, and Noni Keys -- Leading the UK adaptation agenda : a landscape of stakeholders and networked organizations for adaptation to climate change / Emily Boyd ... [et al.] -- Adaptation to climate change in Canada : a multi-level mosaic / Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton --
Advances in global change research
v. 42
Climatic changes, Developed countries
Public health, Environmental aspects, Developed countries
Industries, Environmental aspects, Developed countries
Metropolitan areas, Environmental aspects, Developed countries
Agriculture, Environmental aspects, Developed countries
Developed countries, Rural conditions, Environmental aspects