Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice

This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It presents a number of methods, and tools that illustrate how Eco-DRR/CCA has been applied for various ecosystems and hazard contexts around the world. It also discusses how innovative institutional arrangements and policies are shaping the field of Eco-DRR/CCA. The book is of relevance to scientists, practitioners, policy-makers and students in the field of ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

List of contents

Foreword.- Introduction: practical and policy uptake of Eco-DRR globally: Where do we stand?.- ecosystems as climate-compatible development infrastructure: making the case for ecosystem-based investments in coastal zones of Kenya & Sri Lanka.- The adaptive economy of Eco-DRR: a South Pacific example of climate change adaptation.

Summary

This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It presents a number of methods, and tools that illustrate how Eco-DRR/CCA has been applied for various ecosystems and hazard contexts around the world. It also discusses how innovative institutional arrangements and policies are shaping the field of Eco-DRR/CCA. The book is of relevance to scientists, practitioners, policy-makers and students in the field of ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marisol Estrella (Editor), Marisol Estrella et al (Editor), Udo Nehren (Editor), Fabrice Renaud (Editor), Fabrice G. Renaud (Editor), Kare Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319436319
• ISBN: 978-3-31-943631-9
• No. of pages: 598
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 36 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 1175 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 598 p. 130 illus., 100 illus. in color.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research; Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Climate Change, The environment, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Ecosystems, Environmental Sciences, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards