Climate Change Research at Universities

Climate Change Research at Universities

Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges

Leal Filho, Walter

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2017

575

Dura

Inglês

9783319582139

15 a 20 dias

9989


ebook

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Part 1- Research and Education on Climate Change Mitigation.- Integrating farmer's traditional knowledge and practices into climate change sectoral development planning: Case studies from India.- Roof top farming a solution to food security and climate change adaptation for cities.- Modeling and monitoring of air quality in Greater Cairo Region, Egypt using Landsat-8 images, HYSPLIT and GIS based analysis.- Going Fossil Free: A Lesson in Climate Activism and Collective Responsibility.- Philippine Higher Education Institutions' Responses to Climate Change.- Adapting Sri Lanka to Climate Change: approaches to water modelling in the Upper Mahaweli Catchment Area.- The Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions at the Science-Policy Interface.- Study of the vulnerability of basic social infrastructure of the Mexico?s north border for purposes of resiliency and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change.- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Studies in Nigeria Universities: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects.- Landslide Loss and Damage in Darbung Village, Gorkha District, Nepal.- Adaptations to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Development of a National Inventory.- Implementing Heat-Related Adaptation Measures in the Tri-City Area Bergisches Staedtedreieck.- Legacy of authoritative environmentalism and path-dependent historic institutionalism in the climate change policy dynamics of the Maldives.- Part 2- Research and Education on Climate Change Adaptation.- Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Egypt - Status Quo and Future Policies.- Climate change and Extremes over Dabaa Region, Egypt.- Climate change adaptation in yam and cassava production, Cross River State, Nigeria: The role of higher educational institutions.- Change and analysis of extreme rainfall indices during 1960-2010 and 2011-2100 in Abidjan District (Cote D'ivoire).- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Higher Education Institutions: The Case Study of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Chile.
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Climate Change Research;Adaptation;Universities;Sustainable Development;Environment;climate change;Climate change management