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Title Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management : an Asian perspective / edited by Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Jacqueline Pereira.

Publication Info. Bingley : Emerald, 2010.

Item Status

Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xx, 476 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Community, environment and disaster risk management, 2040-7262 ; v. 5
Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Emergency management -- Asia -- Case studies.
Emergency management.
Asia.
Climate change mitigation -- Asia -- Case studies.
Climate change mitigation.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Shaw, Rajib.
Pulhin, Juan M.
Pereira, Joy J.
Other Form: Print version: Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. 1st ed. Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010 9780857244857 (OCoLC)669744066
ISBN 9780857244864 (electronic book)
0857244868 (electronic book)
9780857244857 (print)
085724485X (print)