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Author Barnett, Jonathan, author.

Title Managing the climate crisis : designing and building for floods, heat, drought, and wildfire / Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages ): illustrations, maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: Understanding the climate crisis -- The climate crisis: a national security problem -- The causes and dangers of a warming climate -- Part II: Managing climate threats -- Flooding from sea level rise and storm surges -- Flooding along rivers -- Flooding from extreme storm events -- Life-threatening heat -- Shortages of fresh water -- Wildfire -- Food shortages -- Part III: Looking ahead -- Recent progress in managing climate threats -- Costs and benefits of managing climate threats -- How managing the climate crisis can transform the united states.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hazard mitigation.
Climatic changes.
Environmental engineering.
climate change.
environmental engineering.
Climatic changes
Hazard mitigation
Environmental engineering
Added Author Bouw, Matthijs, author.
Other Form: Print version: Barnett, Jonathan Managing the climate crisis Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2022 9781642832006 1642832006 (OCoLC)1286367940
ISBN 9781642832013 (electronic bk.)
1642832014 (electronic bk.)
1642832006
9781642832006