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Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective: 5 (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 5) - Hardcover

 
9780857244857: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective: 5 (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 5)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 085724485X ISBN 13: 9780857244857
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010

Synopsis

Following on from Volume 4 in this series, which looked at issues and challenges with regard to Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Volume 5 has a specific focus on Asia. Arguably among the regions of the world most vulnerable to climate change, Asia has different mechanisms for CCA and DRR activities. Synergies between DRR and CCA in this region are necessary not only to avoid duplicities and derive optimal benefits from scarce resources but also to add value to projects through lessons learnt from a variety of perspectives. This volume provides 19 case studies from 13 countries and regions in Asia. The case studies highlight different aspects of CCA-DRR entry points, such as policy interventions, drought risk management, coastal management, agro-forestry, lagoon management, livelihood issues and risk communication. A valuable aid to students and researchers in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change, environmental studies and related risks, it provides a greater awareness on the current trend of research in the field also for practitioners and policy makers applying the collective knowledge into policy and decision making.

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Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
085724485X
ISBN 13 
9780857244857
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
496
Editor
Shaw Rajib, Pulhin Juan, Pereira Joy