Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities

This book presents case studies on climate change from America’s Gulf of Mexico coast, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Maldives, southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. The book shows how sea-level rising and severe coastal storms due to climate change along with the continuing coastal development are causing these communities to be more resilient. The table of contents lists the chapter titles as: Climate Drivers in the Coastal Zone; On the Frontline in the Anthropocene: Adapting to Climate Change through Deliberative Coastal Governance; Social-ecological Change in Canada’s Arctic: Coping, Adapting, and Learning for an Uncertain Future; Climate Change and Infrastructure Adaptation in Coastal New York City; Crisis on the Delta: Emerging Trajectories for New Orleans; Building Resilient Coastal Communities by Enabling Participatory Action: A Case Study from India; Climate Adaptation Technologies in Agriculture and Water Supply and Sanitation Practice in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh; Coastal Zone Management and Climate Policy in Vietnam; A Climate for Change: A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation in Rapidly Urbanizing Australian and Chinese City Regions; The Evolution of Coastal Vulnerability Assessments to Support Adaptive Decision-making in Australia: A Review; Adapting Australian Coastal Regions to Climate Change: A Case Study of South East Queensland; From Coping to Resilience: The Role of Managed Retreat in Highly Developed Coastal Regions of New Zealand; A Tale of Two Atoll Nations: A Comparison of Risk, Resilience, and Adaptive Response of Kiribati and the Maldives; Planning for Coastal Change in Caribbean Small Islands; A Risk-based and Participatory Approach to Assessing Climate Vulnerability and Improving Governance in Coastal Uruguay; The Promise of Coastal Management in Brazil in Times of Global Climate Change; Toward Adaptive Management in Coastal Zones: Experience from the Eastern Coastline of England; Adaptation to Change in the North Sea Area: Maritime Spatial Planning as a New Planning Challenge in Times of Climate Change; Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation with Existing Coastal Management for the Mediterranean Coastal Region; Climate Change and the Coastal Zone of Mozambique: Supporting Decision-making for Community-based Adaptation; Climate Change and the Coasts of Africa: Durban Case Study; and Toward Reflexive Adaptation and Resilient Coastal Communities.

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• Authors:
  • Glavovic, Bruce
  • Kelly, Mick
  • Kay, Robert
  • Travers, Ailbhe
• Publication Date: 2015-1-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: 596p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Coast and river protective works; Coastal zone management; Environmental impacts; Infrastructure; Resilience (Materials); Risk assessment
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Bangladesh; Gulf of Mexico; Maldives; New Zealand; South Africa; United Kingdom; Vietnam
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01601156
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780415464871
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 2016 9:28AM