Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate
- ISBN-10
- 0123973317
- ISBN-13
- 9780123973313
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 670
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10-28
- Publisher
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors
- Robert J. Nicholls, Hans Falk Burcharth, Barbara Zanuttigh
Description
Existing coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate provides innovative, multidisciplinary best practices for mitigating the effects of climate change on coastal structures. Based on the Theseus program, the book includes eight study sites across Europe, with specific attention to the most vulnerable coastal environments such as deltas, estuaries and wetlands, where many large cities and industrial areas are located. Integrated risk assessment tools for considering the effects of climate change and related uncertainties Presents latest insights on coastal engineering defenses Provides integrated guidelines for setting up optimal mitigation measures Provides directly applicable tools for the design of mitigation measures Highlights socio-economic perspectives in coastal mitigation
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate
By Jennifer M. Collins, James M. DoneInspired by the Symposium on Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate, this book brings together leading international academics and researchers, and provides a source reference for both risk managers and climate scientists for research on the ...
-
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
By Walter Leal FilhoThis book presents the latest findings from scientific research on climate variation, climate change and their links with disaster risk management.
-
Coastal Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Framework for the Bay of Bengal
By Ansar Khan, Soumendu ChatterjeeAmong the computer-based dynamic models, the sector models focus either on vulnerability associated with a particular coastal hazard like coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion or on a specific coastal system, e.g. coastal wetland.
-
Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Strategies for Engagement, Readiness and Adaptation
By Lawrence Susskind, Danya Rumore, Carri HuletDrawing on research from the New England Climate Adaptation Project, this book introduces a framework for building local capacity to respond to climate change.
-
Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, EngineeringClimate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond.
-
Climate: Global Change and Local Adaptation
By Igor Linkov, Todd S. BridgesThis book addresses integrated environmental assessment and management as part of the nexus of climate change adaptation. Risk analysis has emerged as a useful approach to guide assessment, communication and management of security risks.
-
Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Strategies for Engagement, Readiness and Adaptation
By Lawrence Susskind, Danya Rumore, Carri HuletRandall, D. A., R. A. Wood, S. Bony, R. Colman, T. Fichefet, J. Fyfe, V. Kattsov et al. 2007. “Climate Models and Their Evaluation.” In Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth ...
-
Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management
By Slobodan P. SimonovicFlood risk management is presented in this book as a framework for identifying, assessing and prioritizing climate-related risks and developing appropriate adaptation responses.
-
Coordinating Climate Change Adaptation as Risk Management
By J. B. Ruhl, Robin Kundis Craig, Hiba BaroudCoordinating Climate Change Adaptation as Risk Management
-
Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America
By Rajib Shaw, Hori TsunekiRisk perception, risk management and vulnerability to landslides in the hill slopes in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. A preliminary statement. Disasters, 32(3), 337À357. Neumayer, E., & Barthel, F. (2011). Normalizing economic loss from ...