Abstract: Part 1 Introduction and Overview 1. Why this book and what can you find? 2. Background: Challenges of adaptation and guiding pinciples for good adaptation 3. Adaptation research - Where do we stand? 4. Adaptation policy and practice - Where do we stand? Part 2: How to prepare the ground for adaptation? 5 Explore potential climate change impacts and vulnerabilities and identify priority concerns 5.1 Regional vulnerbility assessment (including information on mapping) Mark Zebisch 5.2 Practical Guidance for vulnerability assessments at the regional and local scale (BalticClimate) Mattias Hjerpe 5.3 Identify priority concerns with a risk assessment for the Swiss NAS Roland Hohmann 6. Initiate adaptation, ensure commitment and management 6.1 The role of governments in adaptation: a comparison across Europe Reinhard Steurer and Anja Bauer 6.2 Building commitment for adaptation - the right place at the right time? Julian Wright 6.3 Initiating and sustaining adaption in the private sector Magnus Benzie and Oskar Wallgren 7. Build knowledge and awareness 7.1 Making climate change scenarios useful for regional adaptation plans in France Christian Page 7.2 Adaptation communication with business actors and the general public at metropolitan level - experiences from northwestern Germany Claudia Korner and Andreas Lieberum 7.3 Awareness on climate change adaptation in Denmark - how to address a target group Louise Grondahl 8. Identify and cooperate with relevant stakeholders 8.1 Participation process for the development of national adaptation strategies: the Austrian example Andrea Prutsch and Therese Stickler 8.2 Stakeholder Involvement in Rural Areas - Examples from Brandenburg Andrea Knierim 8.3 ANCONA IS GETTING READY! How the City of Ancona is building its resilient profile throughout a participatory process Marco Cardinaletti Part 3: How to plan for adaption 9. Explore a wide spectrum of adaptaion options 9.1 Identifying and sorting adaptaion options Inke Schauser 9.2 Adaptation: what could it look like? Examples from the adaptation inspiration book Marjolein Pijnappels 9.3 Practical experiences with Adaptation Wizard 10. Prioritise adaptation options Megan Gawith 10.1 Prioritisation of adaptation options for The Netherlands: a multi-criteria analysis Ekko C. van Ierland, Karianne de Bruin and Rob B. Dellink 10.2 Economic Appraisal Paul Watkiss and Alistair Hunt 10.3 Prioritising actions using adaptation tipping points and adapation pathways M. Haasnott, J.C.J. Kwadijk and N. Asselman 11. Work with uncertainties 11.1 An adaptive approach to conservation management of Bosherton Lakes SAC in Wales Clive Walmsley and Tristan Hatton-Ellis 11.2 Robust decision making - Managing uncertainties in adapting water resource systems to a changing climate in England and Wales Suraje Dessai and Geoff J. Darch 11.3 Communication of uncertainties - recommendations from social science research Torsten Grothmann Part 4: How to implement adaptation and review success? 12 Avoid maladaptation 12.1 Climate change opportunities and sustainability Rob Swart and Marjoelein Pijnappels 12.2 Combining climate change mitigation and adaptation: green roofs in Basel, Switzerland Aleksandra Kazmierczak 12.3 A White Decay of Winter Tourism in Europe? Carmen de Jong 13 Modify existing policies, structures and processes 13.1 Climate change fitness of spatial planning in the Alpine space Marco Putz and Sylvia Kruse 13.2 Climate proofing of EU policies Sabine McCallum and Stephane Isoard 13.3 World's second northenmost captial region adapts to climate change - the Helsinki metropolitan adaptation strategy Lasse Peltonen, Leena Kopperoinen and Susanna Kankaanpaa 14 Monitor and evaluate systematically 14.1 Asking the right questions: monitoring and evaluating adaptation Patrick Pringle 14.2 Adaptation indicators Jelle van Minnen, Mike Harley, Kaj van der Sandt and Willem Ligtvoet 14.3 French adaptation policy: the monitoring approach for the first adaptation Bertrand Reysset Part 5: State of the art outisde Europe 15. Adaptation experiences in other industrialized countries and developing countries 15.1 The State of the Art in Adaptation Science, Policy and Practice in the United States Richard H. Moss, Thomas J. Wilbanks and Sherry B. Wright 15.2 Doing it: getting science into Australian adaptation policy S. M. Howden and R. A. Nelson 15.3 Wise adaptation to climate change: Japan's case Makoto Tamura, Kazuya Yasuhara, Nobuo Shirai and Mitsuru Tanaka 15.4 Developing countries Kelly Levin 15.5 What are lessons learned for developing countries? A reflection on the transferability of adaptation knowledge Britta Horstmann 15.6 Lessons leanred and differences with Europe Part 6: Lessons learned and further needs for adaptation research, policy and practice 16. What we know - Lessons learnt from practical cases 16.1 How to realize 'good practice' in adaptation? 16.2 How to make adaptation happen? 17. What we don't know - Needs for future adaptation research, policy and practice
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-02-24
Language: en
Type: book
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