Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keskitalo, E. Carina H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Climatic changes.; Environmental law.; Environmental management.; Environment.; Climate Change.; Political Science, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Public International Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9325-7

Mitigation is necessary, but will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change <U+0013> given existing emission levels, we will also need to adapt to the consequences of climate change. <U+001c>Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Cha...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction. Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe: Theoretical Framework and Study Design
• 2. Addressing Adaptation in the EU Policy Framework
• 3. Climate Change Adaptation in the United Kingdom: England and South-East England
• 4. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Multi-level Governance in Finland
• 5. Adapting to Climate Change in Sweden: National Policy Development and Adaptation Measures in Vs̃tra Gt̲aland
• 6. <U+0018>Planning for Today<U+0019>: The Nature and Emergence of Adaptation Measures in Italy
• 7. Planned Adaptation Measures in Industrialised Countries: A Comparison of Select Countries Within and Outside the EU
• 8. Conclusion: The Development of Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation Measures in European Countries
• Index.