Resilience: The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change, Zommers, Alverson,#

ResilienceThe Science of Adaptation to Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Zinta Zommers, Keith Alverson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128118917, 978-0128118917\nSynopsis\nIn Resilience: The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change leading experts analyze and question ongoing adaptation interventions. Contributions span different disciplinary perspectives, from law to engineering, and cover different regions from Africa to the Pacific. Chapters assess the need for adaptation, highlighting climate change impacts such as sea level rise, increases in temperature, changing hydrological variability, and threats to food security. The book then discusses the state of global legislation and means of tracking progress. It reviews ways to build resilience in a range of contexts from the Arctic, to small island states, to urban areas, across food and energy systems. Critical tools for adaptation .