Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges

by Rajib Shaw

The importance of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is increasing due, in part, to recent major disasters throughout the world. CCA and DRR are closely associated and there has been significant awareness at global and national levels to make collective focus on CCA and DRR. Although there are several books on CCA, this is the first systematic academic publication to highlight the linkages between CCA and DRR, CCA-DRR...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857244876
• ISBN13: 9780857244871
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"