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Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific: How can countries adapt?/ edited by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi; Meinhard Breiling; Selvarajah Pathmarajah; Vangimalla R Reddy

By: Anbumozhi, VenkatachalamContributor(s): Breiling, Meinhard ed | Pathmarajah, Selvarajah ed | Reddy, Vangimalla R edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: SAGE, 2012ISBN: 9788132116769Subject(s): Social ScienceOnline resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Climate Change Challenges, Scenarios, Risks, and Planning Tools; 1 -- Review of the Economics of Climate Change on Southeast Asia; 2 -- Agricultural Impact of Climate Change: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Special Reference to Southeast Asia; 3 -- Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Food Security; 4 -- Framework Conditions for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Natural Resource Planning; PART II: Evolving Adaptation Measures in the Region. 5 -- Valuing Natural Resource Management: Climate Change Adaptation in the European Union6 -- Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Water Security; 7 -- Water Management Practices and Climate Change Adaptation: South Asian Experiences; 8 -- Adaptation Measures for Climate Change in Japan; 9 -- Climate Change Impacts on the Mekong River Delta; 10 -- Integrated Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment on Agricultural Production Systems; 11 -- Adaptation in Urban Settings: Asian Experiences; PART III: Successful Programs and Measures of Adaptation in Vulnerable Areas. 12 -- Flood Disasters and Warning Systems in Northern Thailand13 -- Integrated Flood Analysis System: An Efficient Tool to Implement Flood Forecasting and Warning Systems; 14 -- Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems and Monitoring Tools in the Mekong Basin; 15 -- Insurance Solutions to Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific; 16 -- Community-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons and Findings; 17 -- Learning to Adapt: Case of Gender Alliance in Japan; 18 -- Structural and Nonstructural Adaptation Measures of Climate Change in India. PART IV: Action Plan for Policymakers and Planners to Reduce Risk Impact19 -- Adapting to Climate Change: Developing Local Capacity; 20 -- Financing Adaptation Responses: Disaster Mitigation in Viet Nam; 21 -- Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture at Farm Level; 22 -- Supporting Climate Action Plans: The Role of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform; PART V: Capacity Building Strategies for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation; 23 -- Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity in the Asia and Pacific Region: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation. 24 -- Current Status of Adaptation Planning in the Region25 -- Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning; Conclusions, Policy Implications, and the Way Forward; Glossary; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.

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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Climate Change Challenges, Scenarios, Risks, and Planning Tools; 1 --
Review of the Economics of Climate Change on Southeast Asia; 2 --
Agricultural Impact of Climate Change: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Special Reference to Southeast Asia; 3 --
Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Food Security; 4 --
Framework Conditions for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Natural Resource Planning; PART II: Evolving Adaptation Measures in the Region. 5 --
Valuing Natural Resource Management: Climate Change Adaptation in the European Union6 --
Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Water Security; 7 --
Water Management Practices and Climate Change Adaptation: South Asian Experiences; 8 --
Adaptation Measures for Climate Change in Japan; 9 --
Climate Change Impacts on the Mekong River Delta; 10 --
Integrated Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment on Agricultural Production Systems; 11 --
Adaptation in Urban Settings: Asian Experiences; PART III: Successful Programs and Measures of Adaptation in Vulnerable Areas. 12 --
Flood Disasters and Warning Systems in Northern Thailand13 --
Integrated Flood Analysis System: An Efficient Tool to Implement Flood Forecasting and Warning Systems; 14 --
Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems and Monitoring Tools in the Mekong Basin; 15 --
Insurance Solutions to Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific; 16 --
Community-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons and Findings; 17 --
Learning to Adapt: Case of Gender Alliance in Japan; 18 --
Structural and Nonstructural Adaptation Measures of Climate Change in India. PART IV: Action Plan for Policymakers and Planners to Reduce Risk Impact19 --
Adapting to Climate Change: Developing Local Capacity; 20 --
Financing Adaptation Responses: Disaster Mitigation in Viet Nam; 21 --
Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture at Farm Level; 22 --
Supporting Climate Action Plans: The Role of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform; PART V: Capacity Building Strategies for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation; 23 --
Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity in the Asia and Pacific Region: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation. 24 --
Current Status of Adaptation Planning in the Region25 --
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning; Conclusions, Policy Implications, and the Way Forward; Glossary; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.

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