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Climate Change and Human Development.
Title:
Climate Change and Human Development.
Author:
Reid, Hannah.
ISBN:
9781780324425
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- About the author -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Up in Smoke coalition members -- Introduction -- Energy and economic growth -- Progress on the MDGs -- 1 Climate change: what to expect -- 2 Food and farming -- How farmers are coping -- 3 Water -- Coastal areas and sea-level rise -- Glacial melt -- 4 Health -- 5 Energy -- Biofuels -- 6 Disasters -- Floods -- Droughts -- Hurricanes, cyclones and storms -- Recovering from disasters -- Reducing disaster risks -- 7 The natural environment -- Forests -- 8 Cities -- 9 Women -- 10 Trade -- 11 Migration -- 12 Conflict -- 13 What next? -- New models for human progress -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
A rich compendium of real life scenarios that brings home the realities of climate change impacts today.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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