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This is the first academic publication to highlight the linkages between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Key issues and challenges related to CCA-DRR synergy and interactions are highlighted throughout, mostly drawing lessons and experiences from the field practices and greatly increasing current awareness.

Table of Contents
List of Contributors. List of Editors. Brief Introduction to the Series. Brief Introduction to the Volume. Preface. Chapter 1 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: overview of issues and challenges. Chapter 2 Embedding climate change adaptation within disaster risk reduction. Chapter 3 Disaster risk reduction under the United Nations framework convention on climate change. Chapter 4 Promoting adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the post-Kyoto climate regime. Chapter 5 Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Enabling environment for integration. Chapter 6 Adaptive governance of risks: climate, water, and disasters. Chapter 7 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through school education: Perspectives and challenges. Chapter 8 Teleprocessing for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Chapter 9 Climate change adaptation and urban risk management. Chapter 10 Climate change adaptation and coastal zone management. Chapter 11 Climate change adaptation and community forest management. Chapter 12 River basin management for effective disaster risk reduction in the face of changing climate. Chapter 13 Housing sector considerations in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Chapter 14 Integrated management of urban flooding for climate change adaptation in developing countries. Chapter 15 Integrating disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation: Recent initiatives in South Asia. Chapter 16 Climate change adaptation in ASEAN: Actions and challenges. Chapter 17 Climate change adaptation issues in small island developing states. Community, environment and disaster risk Management. Copyright page.

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    Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
    Publication Date: 16/12/2010
    ISBN13: 9780857244871, 978-0857244871
    ISBN10: 0857244876

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This is the first academic publication to highlight the linkages between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Key issues and challenges related to CCA-DRR synergy and interactions are highlighted throughout, mostly drawing lessons and experiences from the field practices and greatly increasing current awareness.

    Table of Contents
    List of Contributors. List of Editors. Brief Introduction to the Series. Brief Introduction to the Volume. Preface. Chapter 1 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: overview of issues and challenges. Chapter 2 Embedding climate change adaptation within disaster risk reduction. Chapter 3 Disaster risk reduction under the United Nations framework convention on climate change. Chapter 4 Promoting adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the post-Kyoto climate regime. Chapter 5 Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Enabling environment for integration. Chapter 6 Adaptive governance of risks: climate, water, and disasters. Chapter 7 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through school education: Perspectives and challenges. Chapter 8 Teleprocessing for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Chapter 9 Climate change adaptation and urban risk management. Chapter 10 Climate change adaptation and coastal zone management. Chapter 11 Climate change adaptation and community forest management. Chapter 12 River basin management for effective disaster risk reduction in the face of changing climate. Chapter 13 Housing sector considerations in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Chapter 14 Integrated management of urban flooding for climate change adaptation in developing countries. Chapter 15 Integrating disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation: Recent initiatives in South Asia. Chapter 16 Climate change adaptation in ASEAN: Actions and challenges. Chapter 17 Climate change adaptation issues in small island developing states. Community, environment and disaster risk Management. Copyright page.

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