Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction an Asian perspectives

Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are closely associated. After the Bali Conference of Parties (COP) 2007, there has been significant awareness in global and national level to make collective focus on CCA and DRR. There exists some literature on CCA, however, the link...

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Other Authors Shaw, Rajib, Pulhin, Juan M., Pereira, Joy Jacqueline
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010.
SeriesCommunity, environment and disaster risk management ; 5.
Subjects
Climate change mitigation > Asia.
Emergency management > Asia.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : an Asian perspective / Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
  • ch. 2. Impacts of climate change induced hazards and adaptation processes in Bangladesh : an overview / Tawhidul Islam, M. Aminur Rahman, Fuad Mallick
  • ch. 3. Overview of drought risk reduction approaches in Bangladesh / Umma Habiba, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 4. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Cambodia / Huy Nguyen, Rajib Shaw, Prabhakar SVRK
  • ch. 5. Integrated climate change adaptation in Chilika lagoon fisheries, India / Shimpei Iwasaki, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 6. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction experiences in Japan / Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 7. Forest management as an adaptation option in mountain areas of Japan / Kumiko Fujita, Rajib Shaw
  • -ch. 8. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : a Malaysian approach / Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Tan Ching Tiong, Ibrahim Komoo
  • ch. 9. Climate change adaptation in Nepal : issues and strategies / Jishnu Subedi
  • ch. 10. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Pakistan / Amir Nawaz Khan
  • ch. 11. Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation : initiatives and challenges in the Philippines / Juan M. Pulhin, Maricel A. Tapia, Rosa T. Perez
  • ch. 12. Local adaptation to enhance livelihood assets and build resilience in Albay, Philippines / Noralene Uy, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 13. Climate change and disaster risk : the Singapore response / Bing Li, Vikram Rajola
  • ch. 14. Climate change adaptation and agroforestry in Sri Lanka / Rekha Nianthi
  • ch. 15. Coastal ecosystems and climate vulnerability in Sri Lanka / Deepthi Wickramasinghe
  • -ch. 16. The experiences of DRR through CCA in Taiwan / Jet-Chau Wen, Shao-Yang Huang, Chia-Chen Hsu, Kou-Chiang Chang
  • ch. 17. Water insecurities and climate change adaptation in Thailand / Louis Lebel, Phimphakan Lebel, Rajesh Daniel
  • ch. 18. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Vietnam / Huy Nguyen, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 19. Local vulnerability and adaptation to extreme climate events along the central coast of Vietnam / Bui Duc Tinh, Tran Huu Tuan, Tran Phong, Bui Dung The, Bui Thi Tam
  • ch. 20. Identifying linkages between rates and distributions of malaria, water-born diseases and influenza with climate variability and climate change in Vietnam / Tran Mai Kien, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Hoang Duc Cuong and Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 21. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction : key challenges and ways forward / Juan Pulhin, Rajib Shaw, Joy Pereira.

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