Climate Change and Its Impacts : Risks and Inequalities / edited by Colleen Murphy, Paolo Gardoni, Robert McKim.

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TextSeries: Climate Change ManagementPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018Edition: 1st ed. 2018Description: 1 online resource (VI, 276 pages 35 illustrations, 31 illustrations in color.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783319775449

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Climate change and its impacts.; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:

577.27 23

Contents:

Part I: Introduction -- Part II: The Paris Agreement, Policy and Climate Justice -- Part III: Natural Hazards, Resilience and Mitigation -- Part IV: Responding to Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation -- Part V: Responding to Climate Change: Priorities, Perspectives, and Solutions.

Summary: Responding to a need for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the consequences of climate change, this book brings experts in climate science, engineering, urban planning, and conservation biology into conversation with scholars in law, geography, anthropology and ethics. It provides insights into how climate change is conceptualized in different fields. The book also aims to contribute to developing successful and multifaceted strategies that promote global, intergenerational and environmental justice. Among the topics addressed are the effects of climate change on the likelihood and magnitude of natural hazards, an assessment of civil infrastructure vulnerabilities, resilience assessment for coastal communities, an ethical framework to evaluate behavior that contributes to climate change, as well as policies and cultural shifts that might help humanity to respond adequately to climate change.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Chittagong University Library	551.6 C639 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c-1	Available		326886
Books	Chittagong University Library	551.6 C639 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available		326887

Responding to a need for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the consequences of climate change, this book brings experts in climate science, engineering, urban planning, and conservation biology into conversation with scholars in law, geography, anthropology and ethics. It provides insights into how climate change is conceptualized in different fields. The book also aims to contribute to developing successful and multifaceted strategies that promote global, intergenerational and environmental justice. Among the topics addressed are the effects of climate change on the likelihood and magnitude of natural hazards, an assessment of civil infrastructure vulnerabilities, resilience assessment for coastal communities, an ethical framework to evaluate behavior that contributes to climate change, as well as policies and cultural shifts that might help humanity to respond adequately to climate change.

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