
Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change : Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation.
Title:
Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change : Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation.
Author:
Martens, Pim.
ISBN:
9781907643293
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The social and behavioural aspects of climate change: Linking vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation -- 2. Climate change and inland navigation between the Netherlands and Germany: An economic analysis -- 3. Climate change impacts: The vulnerability of tourism in coastal Europe -- 4. Corporate responses to climate change: The role of partnerships -- 5. Energy conservation in Dutch housing renovation projects -- 6. Natural hazards, poverty traps and adaptive livelihoods in Nicaragua -- 7. Climate change adaptation in Mozambique -- 8. Adaptation to climate change induced flooding in Dutch municipalities -- 9. Human responses to climate change: Flooding experiences in the Netherlands -- 10. Interactions between white certificates for energy efficiency and other energy and climate policy instruments -- 11. Distributional choices in EU climate change policy seen through the lens of legal principles -- 12. Climate change liability and the application of the precautionary principle -- 13. Incentives for international cooperation on adaptation and mitigation -- 14. Imagining the unimaginable: Synthesis of essays on abrupt and extreme climate change -- 15. Conclusion -- Acronyms -- About the contributors -- Index -- Back cover.
Abstract:
Argues that the inherent complexity of climate change will ultimately require a much more integrated response both scientifically as well as at the scientific/policy interface, where new forms of engagement between scientists, policy-makers and wider stakeholder groups can make a valuable contribution to more informed climate policy and practice.
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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