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Managing the climate crisis : designing and building for floods, heat, drought, and wildfire / Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw.
LIBRA HV551.2 .B376 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Jonathan, author.
- Bouw, Matthijs, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hazard mitigation.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Land use--Environmental aspects.
- Land use.
- Environmental engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Understanding the Climate Crisis
- ch. 1 The Climate Crisis: A National Security Problem
- ch. 2 The Causes and Dangers of a Warming Climate
- pt. II Managing Climate Threats
- ch. 3 Flooding from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges
- ch. 4 Flooding along Rivers
- ch. 5 Flooding from Extreme Storm Events
- ch. 6 Life-Threatening Heat
- ch. 7 Shortages of Fresh Water
- ch. 8 Wildfire
- ch. 9 Food Shortages
- pt. III Looking Ahead
- ch. 10 Recent Progress in Managing Climate Threats
- ch. 11 Costs and Benefits of Managing Climate Threats
- ch. 12 How Managing the Climate Crisis Can Transform the United States.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 1642832006
- 9781642832006
- OCLC:
- 1286367940
- Publisher Number:
- 99991422112
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