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Climate Change and Human Systems - Chiara Bernardini

Climate Change and Human Systems

Innovative Adaptation Services as a Soft-Resilience Strategy to Tackle Emerging Risks
Buch | Softcover
XV, 143 Seiten
2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-57168-8 (ISBN)
CHF 67,35 inkl. MwSt

This book offers a thorough review of studies on climate change and urban adaptation strategies and plans. It takes the moves from the identification of three primary barriers to adaptation, including the uncertainty surrounding climate change and its evolution, the complexity of human systems, and the widespread perception that climate change impacts are improbable. From this analysis arises the idea of the need to adopt a new approach to the climate issue: the soft approach. This approach focuses on the intangible and organizational aspects of systems and is proposed as a valid alternative in contexts of high uncertainty. It complements the structural (hard) option in response to emerging risks. Furthermore, soft solutions have intrinsic characteristics of flexibility, reversibility, adaptability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, making them often low-regret and co-benefit. Based on these principles, the book suggests that a climate-wise reorganization of urban services couldconstitute an effective soft strategy to help cities tackle the impacts of climate change and investigates the potential for Urban Facility Management services to evolve through their integration with climate information. The concept of urban Adaptation services, which integrate knowledge and practices of climate services into urban services management processes, is an innovative perspective which stems from a reading of reality through the lens of specific needs.

Human systems adaptation to climate change: the soft-approach.- Regulatory tools for adaptation to "glocal" climate change.- The unexplored field of urban services in the context of climate change adaptation: potential transitions.- Analytical framework applicative examples: reality check and optimization scenarios.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie PoliMI SpringerBriefs
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Zusatzinfo XV, 143 p. 33 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Schlagworte climate change adaptation • Climate Policy • Local Adaptation Plans • Service delivery models • Urban Facility Management • Urban Services
ISBN-10 3-031-57168-1 / 3031571681
ISBN-13 978-3-031-57168-8 / 9783031571688
Zustand Neuware
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