Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change [Paperback]

Eighteen case studies of worldwide natural disasters are used to inform actual climate change adaptation practice for researchers and decision makers.Presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from around the world. By comparing the impacts, it aims to inform actual adaptation practice  what works, what doesn't, and why. Especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change, disaster management and environmental policy.Presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from around the world. By comparing the impacts, it aims to inform actual adaptation practice  what works, what doesn't, and why. Especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change, disaster management and environmental policy.This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail, and the underlying reasons, and the factors that determine when adaptation is required and when simply bearing the impact may be the more appropriate response. Much has been written about the theory of adaptation, and high-level, especially international, policy responses to climate change. This book aims to inform actual adaptation practice  what works, what doesn't, and why. It explores some of the lessons we can learn from past disasters and the adaptation that takes place after the event in preparation for the next. This volume will be especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change adaptation, emergency management, disaster risk reduction, environmental policy and planning.Part I. Case Studies from North America: 1. Introduction Jean Palutikof, David John Karoly, Sarah Boulter and Daniela Guitart; 2. Climate change and disaster risk managemenl“æ