Keywords:
Disaster relief.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from around the world. By comparing the impacts, it aims to inform actual adaptation practice - what works, what does not, and why. Especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change, disaster management and environmental policy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781107503472
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1543608
DDC:
363.738747
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Rationale for This Book -- 1.2 The Structure of This Book -- 2 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2.1 Challenges of Climate Change and Disaster Risk: Space and Time Scales -- 2.2 Knowledge for Action -- 2.3 Changing Policies and Practices That Can Make a Difference on the Ground -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Case Studies from North America -- A Few Words on Andrew W. Garcia -- 3 Hurricane Katrina and the City of New Orleans -- 3.1 Katrina Meteorology -- 3.2 Katrina Surge Effects -- 3.3 The Hurricane Protection System -- 3.4 The Consequences -- 3.5 Findings and Lessons Learned -- 3.6 Societal Effects -- 3.7 Concluding Remarks -- 4 A Brief History of Flooding and Flood Control Measures Along the Mississippi River Basin -- 4.1 History of Levee Building and Floods on the Mississippi River -- Acknowledgments -- 5 The 2003 and 2007 Wildfires in Southern California -- 5.1 Prior Condition -- 5.2 Vulnerability -- 5.3 Resilience -- 5.4 Physical Characteristics of the Event -- 5.5 Emergency Management -- 5.6 Post-Event Adaptation -- 5.7 Climate Change Impacts on Southern California Fire Regimes -- 5.8 What Are the Lessons Learned? -- 6 Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Thirty Years of Lessons Learned from the Kansas City, Missouri, Extreme Heat Program -- 6.1 July 1980 EHE in Kansas City -- 6.2 Kansas City's EHP -- 6.3 Lessons Learned for Climate Change Adaptation Efforts -- Reinforce vs. Reinvent Responses -- Place the Future in the Appropriate Context -- Always Try to Improve Public Education, but Be Ready to Act -- There Are Many Useful Tools, but No One Tool -- Partnerships Enhance Adaptation Opportunities -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Part II Case Studies from Australia.
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7 Drought and Water in the Murray-Darling basin: From Disaster Policy to Adaptation -- 7.1 Drought Policy Pre-1989 -- 7.2 The Policy Transition -- 7.3 Drought and Water Allocation -- 7.4 Lessons for Adaptation -- 8 After 'Black Saturday': Adapting to Bushfires in a Changing Climate -- 8.1 Environmental Factors -- Maximum Temperature -- Drought Factor -- Relative Humidity -- Wind Speed -- 8.2 Human Factors -- 8.3 Changes to Bushfire Policy and Management -- 8.4 Adapting to Bushfires in a Changing Climate -- 9 Cyclone Tracy and the Road to Improving Wind-Resistant Design -- 9.1 Cyclone Tracy -- 9.2 Extent and Causes of Damage -- 9.3 Adaptation of Building Design and Regulation -- 9.4 Lessons -- The Role of Scientific Input -- The Role of Regulation and Building Codes -- Opportunities and Conditions for Adaptation -- Inclusion and Education -- 9.5 Conclusions -- 10 Adaptation and Resilience in Two Flood-Prone Queensland Communities -- 10.1 The 2008 Floods in Charleville and Mackay -- Charleville -- Mackay -- 10.2 Impacts of the 2008 Floods -- Charleville -- Mackay -- 10.3 Recognising Vulnerability -- 10.4 Building Resilience and Mitigation -- 10.5 Strategies for Adaptive Capacity and Community Viability -- 10.6 Conclusion: Policy, Legislation and Community Adaptation Strategies -- Part III Case Studies from Europe -- 11 Windstorms, the Most Costly Natural Hazard in Europe -- 11.1 The Role of Windstorms in Europe -- 11.2 Identification of Windstorms -- 11.3 Physical Processes Leading to Windstorms -- Recent Variability of Windstorms and Their Impacts -- 11.4 Scenarios of Future Windstorms and Their Impacts -- 11.5 Adaptation -- 12 The 2003 Heatwave: Impacts, Public Health Adaptation and Response in France -- 12.1 Meteorological Characteristics of the 2003 Heatwave -- 12.2 The Burden of the 2003 Heatwave -- 12.3 The First Signals and the Initial Response.
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12.4 The National Prevention Plan -- 12.5 Conclusions -- 13 Lessons from River Floods in Central Europe, 1997-2010 -- 13.1 Context -- 13.2 Floods in Central Europe in Perspective -- Floods of 1997 -- Floods of 2002 -- Floods of 2010 -- 13.3 Change Detection and Attribution -- 13.4 Flood Management and Flood Risk Management -- 13.5 Concluding Remarks -- 14 Lessons Learned from the North Sea Flooding Disaster in the Netherlands, 1953 -- 14.1 What Happened? -- 14.2 Really a Surprise? -- 14.3 Vulnerability and Responsibility -- 14.4 Major Investments after the Event: The Delta Plan -- 14.5 Evaluation of the Delta Plan -- 14.6 Climate Change and Sea Level Rise -- 14.7 Flooding Disasters: A Historic Necessity for Improvements in Flood Protection? -- Part IV Case Studies from the Developing World -- 15 Adapting to Drought in the West African Sahel -- 15.1 The Sahel - Physical Characteristics and Drought -- 15.2 Responses to Drought in Northern Nigeria in the 1970s -- 15.3 From Coping to Adaptation Strategies -- 15.4 Productive Bricolage -- 15.5 Climate and Development Aid -- 15.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 16 The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Sri Lankan Experience -- 16.1 The Event -- 16.2 The Impacts -- 16.3 The Aftermath -- 16.4 The Lessons -- 17 Recovery Efforts: The Case of the 2007 Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh -- 17.1 Sidr Recovery Efforts -- 17.2 Sidr Housing Recovery Efforts -- 17.3 Conclusions -- 18 Coffee, Disasters and Social-Ecological Resilience in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico -- 18.1 Coffee and Disaster -- 18.2 Disaster Management and Response -- Acknowledgements -- 19 Responding to Floods in the Nile basin: A Case Study of the 1997-1998 Floods in the Upper White Nile -- 19.1 Flood Response and Adaptation to Climate Change -- 19.2 Flooding in the White Nile Around Lake Kyoga and Lake Victoria in 1997 and 1998: Impacts and Responses.
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Description of the Flood Event and Its Impacts -- Vulnerability and Resilience to Flooding in Lake Shore Villages -- Responses to Flooding: Emergency Management and Post-Event Behaviour -- Present-Day Vulnerability to Floods in the White Nile Basin -- 19.3 Adaptation to Floods in Nile Basin in the Present Day: Lessons Learned -- 20 Floods in the Yangtze River Basin, China -- 20.1 Context -- 20.2 Floods on the Yangtze in the Last 150 Years -- The 1998 Floods -- The 2010 Floods -- 20.3 Climate Change Track- Observations and Projections -- 20.4 Adaptation- Lessons Learned -- 20.5 Gaps in Knowledge and Concluding Remarks -- Part V Synthesis Chapters -- 21 Disasters and Development -- 21.1 The Relationship between Development and Climate-Related Disasters -- 21.2 The Role of Development in Shaping Climate-Related Disaster Risk Reduction and Response -- 21.3 Managing Disasters in Developed and Developing Country Contexts: A Review of Case Studies -- The 'Impacts-Based' Approach to Risk Management in Developed Countries -- Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries -- 21.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- 22 What Next? Climate Change as a Game-Changer for Policy and Practice -- 22.1 Playing Together: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation -- 22.2 A Spectator's View -- 22.3 A Dance with Change -- 22.4 Conclusions -- 23 Barriers and Limits to Adaptation: Cautionary Notes -- 23.1 Barriers, Limits and Maladaptation in Theory -- Barriers to Adaptation -- Limits to Adaptation -- Maladaptation -- 23.2 Barriers, Limits and Maladaptation in Practice -- Barriers to Adaptation -- Limits to Adaptation -- Maladaptation -- 23.3 Conclusions -- 24 Lessons Learned for Adaptation to Climate Change -- 24.1 The Events (and Before) -- 24.2 Vulnerability and Resilience -- 24.3 Adaptation Actions Following the Event -- Immediate Responses.
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Long-Term Responses -- 24.4 Reflections on Historical Adaptation to Climate (as Different from Future Planning for Climate Change) -- Recognising Change - Disaster Versus Variability -- Where Does Risk Lie? - Avoiding 'Maladaptation' -- Acceptable Risk and the Associated Costs -- 24.5 The Future Impact of Climate Change on Disaster Management -- 24.6 Lessons Learned -- Community Awareness -- The Whole Picture: All Hazards -- Enabling Adaptation -- Practicality -- Final Reflections -- Adaptation in a Changing Climate -- 25 Afterword: Floods, Storms, Fire and Pestilence - Disaster Risk in Australia During 2010-2011 -- 25.1 Disasters and Response - Australia in 2010/2011 -- 25.1.1 Locust Plague -- 25.1.2 Floods -- Recovery -- Rebuilding and Adapting -- 25.1.3 Cyclone Yasi -- 25.1.4 Heatwaves and Fire -- 25.2 The National Scale -- National Emergency Management Planning -- 25.3 The Role of Climate -- 25.4 Conclusion -- Index.
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