Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations (eBook)

Section I: Introduction and Overview1. Introduction2. Climate Change Adaptation as a Social Process3. Entering the Period of Consequences: The Explosive US Awakening to the Need for Adaptation4. Perspectives on Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe5. The Australian Experience6. Leading the UK Adaptation Agenda: A Landscape of Stakeholders and Networked Organizations for Adaptation to Climate Change7. Adaptation to Climate Change in Canada: A Multi-level MosaicSection II: Adaptation in the Public Health Sector8. Overview: Adaptive Management for the Health Risks of Climate Change9. Behavioral Health and Risk Perception: Factors in Strengthening Community Resiliency and Emergency Preparedness10. Lateral Public Health: A Comprehensive Approach to Adaptation in Urban Environments11. Public Health in Canada and Adaptation to Infectious Disease Risks of Climate Change: Are We Planning or Just Keeping Our Fingers Crossed?12. Climate Change, Water-related Health Impacts, and Adaptation: Highlights From the Swedish Government’s Commission on Climate and Vulnerability13. Adaptation to the Heat-related Health Impact of Climate Change in Japan14. Risk Perception, Health Communication and Adaptation to the Health Impacts of Climate Change in CanadaSection III: Adaptation in the Industrial Sector15. Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in Industry16. Impacts Of and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Electricity Sector in Germany and France17. The Role of Codes, Standards and Related Instruments in Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change18. Learning Adaptation: Climate-related Risk Management in the Insurance Industry19. Adaptive Capacity of Forest Management Systems on Publicly Owned Forested Landscapes in CanadaSection IV: Adaptation in the Urban Environment20. Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in the Urban Environment21. Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Urban Settlements: Lessons from Five Australian Cases22. The Role of Local Government in Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from New-Zealand23. Perceptions of Risk and Limits for Climate Change Adaptation: Case Studies of Two Swedish Urban Regions24. Asking the Climate Question: Climate Change Adaptation in King County, WashingtonSection V: Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector25. Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector26. Climate Change and Adaptation of Wheat Producing Nations: Selected Case Studies from Canada and Australia27. Use of Modern Portfolio Theory to Evaluate Diversification of Agricultural Land Use as An Adaptation to Climate Change Risks in the Tisza River Basin28. Government Action to Promote Sustainable Adaptation by the Agriculture and Land Management Sector in EnglandSection VI: Adaptation in Rural and Resource-dependent Communities29. Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in Rural and Resource-dependent Communities30. Scenarios for Engaging a Rural Australian Community in Climate Change Adaptation Work31. Coordinating Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Resource-dependent Communities: A Case Study from the Tibetan Plateau32. Mainstreaming Climate Change in Drinking Water Source Protection in Ontario: Challenges and Opportunities33. Opportunities and Barriers for Adaptation and Local Adaptation Planning in Canadian Rural and Resource-based Communities34. Anticipatory Adaptation in Marginalized Communities Within Developed CountriesSection VII: Future Directions35. Adaptation to Climate Change: Context, Status and ProspectsIndex