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Adaptation to climate change : law and policy / editors, Tim Bonyhady, Andrew Macintosh, Jan McDonald.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Annandale, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2010Description: xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1862877963
  • 9781862877962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.94046 22
Contents:
1. Mapping the legal landscape of climate change adaptation / Jan McDonald -- 2. A theoretical framework for adaptation policy / Andrew Macintosh --3. From blueprint to footprint: climate change and the challenge for planning / Anne Leitch, Ben Harman and Marcus B. Lane -- 4. Swimming in the streets: the beginnings of planning for sea level rise / Tim Bonyhady -- 5. How adaptable are our conservation regimes? / Jeff Smith -- 6. Adaptation measures for water security in a changing climate: policy, planning and law / Poh-Ling Tan -- 7. The role of courts in relation to adaptation to climate change / Brian J. Preston -- 8. Adaptation and climate justice / Daniel A. Farber -- 9. An insurer's approach to management of climate risks / Sonia Powell -- 10. Paying the price of adaptation: compensation for climate change impacts / Jan McDonald -- 11. The law of disasters / Tim Bonyhady.
Mapping the legal landscape of climate change adaptation / Jan McDonald -- A theoretical framework for adaptation policy / Andrew Macintosh -- From blueprint to footprint : climate change and the challenge for planning / Anne Leitch, Ben Harman and Marcus B. Lane -- Swimming in the streets : the beginnings of planning for sea level rise / Tim Bonyhady -- How adaptable are our conservation regimes? / Jeff Smith -- Adaptation measures for water security in a changing climate : policy, planning and law / Poh-Ling Tan -- The role of courts in relation to adaptation to climate change / Brian J. Preston -- Adaptation and climate justice / Daniel A. Farber -- An insurer's approach to management of climate risks / Sonia Powell -- Paying the price of adaptation : compensation for climat change impacts / Jan McDonald -- The law of disasters / Tim Bonyhady.
Summary: Adapting to the likely impacts of climate change requires technological innovation as well as behavioural and attitudinal change. This book addresses challenges across sector interests and considers whether existing regulatory and governance frameworks are supportive, adaptable or barriers to necessary change.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mapping the legal landscape of climate change adaptation / Jan McDonald -- 2. A theoretical framework for adaptation policy / Andrew Macintosh --3. From blueprint to footprint: climate change and the challenge for planning / Anne Leitch, Ben Harman and Marcus B. Lane -- 4. Swimming in the streets: the beginnings of planning for sea level rise / Tim Bonyhady -- 5. How adaptable are our conservation regimes? / Jeff Smith -- 6. Adaptation measures for water security in a changing climate: policy, planning and law / Poh-Ling Tan -- 7. The role of courts in relation to adaptation to climate change / Brian J. Preston -- 8. Adaptation and climate justice / Daniel A. Farber -- 9. An insurer's approach to management of climate risks / Sonia Powell -- 10. Paying the price of adaptation: compensation for climate change impacts / Jan McDonald -- 11. The law of disasters / Tim Bonyhady.

Mapping the legal landscape of climate change adaptation / Jan McDonald -- A theoretical framework for adaptation policy / Andrew Macintosh -- From blueprint to footprint : climate change and the challenge for planning / Anne Leitch, Ben Harman and Marcus B. Lane -- Swimming in the streets : the beginnings of planning for sea level rise / Tim Bonyhady -- How adaptable are our conservation regimes? / Jeff Smith -- Adaptation measures for water security in a changing climate : policy, planning and law / Poh-Ling Tan -- The role of courts in relation to adaptation to climate change / Brian J. Preston -- Adaptation and climate justice / Daniel A. Farber -- An insurer's approach to management of climate risks / Sonia Powell -- Paying the price of adaptation : compensation for climat change impacts / Jan McDonald -- The law of disasters / Tim Bonyhady.

Adapting to the likely impacts of climate change requires technological innovation as well as behavioural and attitudinal change. This book addresses challenges across sector interests and considers whether existing regulatory and governance frameworks are supportive, adaptable or barriers to necessary change.

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