Confronting Climate Change

Informationen zum Autor Constance Lever-Tracy was Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Flinders University of South Australia! now retired. Her recent work includes editing the Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society (2010)! and the entry for 'Global Warming' in the International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences (2008). Zusammenfassung An introduction to the predicted global impacts of climate change. Discussing how the social and natural sciences must work together effectively in confronting climate change, it provides a critical assessment of the politics of global warming and climate change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: What Do We Know? 1. Introduction to Part 1 2. Knowns and Unknowns 3. Manifest Vulnerabilities 4. Future Risks 5. Confronting the Risks Part 2: What Can We Do? 6. Introduction to Part 2 7. Changing Our Practices 8. Changing Our Power: Natural Gas, Biofuels and Nuclear Energy 9. Changing Our Power: Water, Wind, Sun and Earth 10. Adapting to a Changing Climate Part 3: Who Can Do It? 11. From the Bottom Up or the Top Down 12. Global Conflict or Cooperation? 13. Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Constance Lever-Tracy, Lever-Tracy Constance
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.03.2011
• EAN: 9780415576222
• ISBN: 978-0-415-57622-2
• Pagine: 122
• Serie: shortcuts
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social issues & processes, Social impact of environmental issues, Social and ethical issues, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Physical geography & topography, Physical geography and topography, Hydrology and the hydrosphere