Leal Filho, Walter

Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation.

Cham

2016

9783319258126

9783319798448

Abstract:

This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools, approaches and methods to pursue and facilitate innovation in climate change adaptation.

Innovation in Planning, Reforms, Technology and Transformative Processes

Innovative Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
Walter Leal Filho

Adaptation Planning Process and Government Adaptation Architecture Support Regional Action on Climate Change in New South Wales, Australia
Brent Jacobs, Christopher Lee, Storm Watson, Suzanne Dunford, Aaron Coutts-Smith

Vulnerability Is Dynamic! Conceptualising a Dynamic Approach to Coastal Tourism Destinations′ Vulnerability
Jillian Student, Bas Amelung, Machiel Lamers

Climate Injustice in a Post-industrial City: The Case of Greater Manchester, UK
Aleksandra Kazmierczak

Reforms that Integrate Climate Change Adaptation with Disaster Risk Management Based on the Australian Experience of Bushfires and Floods
Michael Howes

The CityTree: A Vertical Plant Filter for Enhanced Temperature Management
Peter Sänger, Victor Splittgerber

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development in the Gambia: A Window of Opportunity for Transformative Processes?
Hannes Lauer, Irit Eguavoen

Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture Through Space Technology in Nigeria
Idowu O. Ologeh, Joshua B. Akarakiri, Francis A. Adesina

Trade-Offs Between Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Options for Resilient Cities: Thermal Comfort in Households
Vera Gregório, Sofia Simões, Júlia Seixas

Adapting to Climate Change: Getting More from Spatial Planning
Jeremy Carter, Graeme Sherriff

Adaptations to Possible Climate Change Impacts: Problem Structuring Based on VFT Methodology
Luiz Priori, Marcelo Hazin Alencar, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida

Assessing Vulnerability to Support Promotion of Adaptive Agricultural Practices in the Sahel
Alex Apotsos, David Miller, Brent Simpson

Innovation in Sectorial Approaches to Adaptation

Adaptation of the Artisanal Fisher Folks to Climate Change in the Coastal Region of Ondo State, Nigeria
Mosunmola Lydia Adeleke, Matthias Wolff

Comparative Analysis of Woody Composition of Farmlands and Forest Reserve Along Afram River in a Tropical Humid Savanna of Ghana: Implications to Climate Change Adaptation
Emmanuel Amoah Boakye, Dibi N′da Hyppolite, Victor Rex Barnes, Stefan Porembski, Michael Thiel, François N. Kouamé et al.

A Stochastic Weather Generator Model for Hydroclimatic Prevision in Urban Floods Risk Assessment in Abidjan District (Cote d′Ivoire)
Jean Homian Danumah, Samuel Nii Odai, Mahaman Bachir Saley, Joerg Szarzynski, Kwaku Adjei, Fernand Koffi Kouame

Refining NHS Climate Change Adaptation Plans: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust (CMFT) Case Study
Oscar Nieto-Cerezo

Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in Metropolitan Areas: Initiating, Coordinating and Supporting Local Activities: The Approach of Stuttgart Region, Germany
Thomas Kiwitt, Silvia Weidenbacher

Influence of Climate Change on Cocoyam Production in Aba Agricultural Zone of Abia State, Nigeria
C. C. Ifeanyi-obi, A. O. Togun, R. Lamboll

Between Intention and Action: Psychosocial Factors Influencing Action on Climate Change in Organisations
Nadine Andrews, Stuart Walker, Kathryn Fahy

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood of Arable Crop Farmers in Southwest, Nigeria
B. G. Abiona, E. O. Fakoya, J. Esun

Grassroots Technologies and Community Trust in Climate Change Adaptation: Learning from Coastal Settlements of Bangladesh
Momtaj Bintay Khalil, Brent C. Jacobs, Natasha Kuruppu

Mainstreaming Resilience into Development Programming: A Practitioner′s Perspective
Jacobo Ocharan, Ghislaine Guiran, Alison Wright

Wetlands Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Climate Change Implications in the Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania
Pantaleo K. T. Munishi, Halima Kilungu, Nice Wilfred, Bernadetha Munishi, Stein R. Moe

Addressing the Financing Gap for Adaptation in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries
Fiona Bayat-Renoux, Yannick Glemarec

Evaluating Differences in Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation Between the Poor and Nonpoor in Coastal Tanzania
Frederick Ato Armah, Isaac Luginaah, Herbert Hambati, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Gwyn Campbell