The Earthscan Reader on Adaptation to Climate Change (Paperback)

Introduction to the Reader 1. Understanding Adaptation: Origins, Concepts, Practice and Policy Part I: Adaptation Theory 2. Deconstructing Adaptation ... and Reconstructing 3. Human Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change 4. Adaptation to What and Why? 5. An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability 6. Climate Change and the Adaptation Deficit Part II: Adaptation, Vulnerability and Resilience 7. Are Coping Strategies a Cop-Out? 8. Climate Variation, Vulnerability and Sustainable Development in the Semi-Arid Tropics 9. Theory and Practice in Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Facilitating Adaptation 10. A Typology of Resilience: Rethinking Institutions for Sustainable Development Part III: Adaptation and Disaster Risk 11. Adaptive Capacity: What Does it Mean in the Context of Natural Hazards? 12. A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change 13. Adapting to Climate Change and the Risks Associated with Other Natural Hazards: Methods for Moving from Concepts to Action Part IV: Adaptation and Development 14. Cautionary Tales: Adaptation and the Global Poor 15. Adaptation to Climate Change in the Developing World 16. Mainstreaming Adaptation in Development 17. Double Exposure: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change within the Context of Economic Globalization Part V: Adaptation and Climate Change Policy 18. Rethinking the Role of Adaptation in Climate Policy 19. Conceptual History of Adaptation in the UNFCCC Process 20. From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: The Shaping of Adaptation Policy 21. An Overview of Investment and Financial Flows Needed for Adaptation Index