Managing the climate crisis : designing and building for floods, heat, drought, and wildfire / Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw.
By: Barnett, Jonathan [author.].
Contributor(s): Bouw, Matthijs [author.].
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781642832006.Subject(s): Hazard mitigation | Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Government policy | Architecture -- Environmental aspects | City planning -- Environmental aspects | Land use -- Environmental aspects | Environmental engineering | Catastrophes -- Réduction | Climat -- Changements | Architecture -- Aspect de l'environnement | Utilisation du sol -- Aspect de l'environnement | Technique de l'environnement | climate change | environmental engineering | Hazard mitigation | Architecture -- Environmental aspects | City planning -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Government policy | Environmental engineering | Land use -- Environmental aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HV551.2 .B376 2022 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000020233 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
Pt. I : Understanding the climate crisis. The climate crisis: a national security problem -- The causes and dangers of a warming climate -- Pt. II : Managing climate threats. Flooding from sea level rise and storm surges -- Flooding along rivers -- Flooding from extreme storm events -- Life-Threatening heat -- Shortages of fresh water -- Wildfire -- Food shortages -- Pt. III : Looking ahead. Recent progress in managing climate threats -- Costs and benefits of managing climate threats -- How managing the climate crisis can transform the United States.