Climate change in the Asia-Pacific Region / Walter Leal Filho, editor.
Contributor(s): Leal Filho, Walter [edt]
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Series: Climate change management (Springer (Firm)): Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (392 p.).ISBN: 9783319149387 (eBook); 9783319149370 (print).Subject(s): CLIMATE CHANGE | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | ASIA AND THE PACIFICOnline resources: Full text available within UNU campus / ProQuest eBook Central Also available in print.Summary: This book investigates the socio-economic impacts of Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors put forward a strategy and action plans that can enhance the capacity of government agencies and non-governmental organizations to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The needs and interests of critical and neglected groups are highlighted throughout the book, alongside the need for improving knowledge management on climate change. The case studies presented offer regional analyses for countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines, and cover issues such as livelihood vulnerability and displacement, climate migration, macroeconomic impacts, urban environmental governance and disaster management.
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This book investigates the socio-economic impacts of Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors put forward a strategy and action plans that can enhance the capacity of government agencies and non-governmental organizations to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The needs and interests of critical and neglected groups are highlighted throughout the book, alongside the need for improving knowledge management on climate change. The case studies presented offer regional analyses for countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines, and cover issues such as livelihood vulnerability and displacement, climate migration, macroeconomic impacts, urban environmental governance and disaster management.
Also available in print.
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