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This book is the product of a collaborative effort between the OECD Environment and Development Cooperation directorates on mainstreaming responses to climate change in development planning and assistance. This volume synthesizes insights from six country case studies that review climate change impacts and vulnerabilities, analyze relevant national plans and aid investments in terms of their exposure and attention to climate risks, and examine in-depth key systems where climate change is closely intertwined with development and natural resource management. The case studies cover the Nepal Himalayas, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the Nile in Egypt, the Bangladesh Sundarbans, coastal mangroves in Fiji, and agriculture and forestry sectors in Uruguay.--Publisher's description.

Climate and civilization. --- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. --- Economic development -- Environmental aspects. --- Economic development --- Climatic changes --- Climate and civilization --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Environmental aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Civilization and climate --- Eco-development --- Ecodevelopment --- Civilization --- Climatology

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An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative. Until now, the growing body of work on environmental anthropology has largely ignored the unavoidable impact of global capitalism on the environment and the extent to which capital itself is a key driver of climate change.Climate, Capitalism and Communities focuses explicitly on that nexus, examining the injustices and inequalities - as well as the activist responses - that have arisen as a result, and the contradictions between the imperatives of exponential economic growth, and those of environmental sustainability, and society as a whole.Bringing an innovative, ethnographic toolkit to bear on a crisis that is at once global and highly localised, the authors shift attention away from the consequences of climate change, to a focus on the social relations and power structures that continue to prevent effective action. (Provided by publisher)

Climate and civilization. --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Climatology --- Climate and civilization --- Economic development --- Capitalism --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Eco-development --- Ecodevelopment --- Economic aspects --- Environmental aspects --- E-books --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:327.7H42 --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: milieu

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A unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It describes how state-of-the-art models can simulate the past, present and future climates of the Near East, reviews and provides new evidence for environmental change from geological deposits, builds hydrological models for the River Jordan and associated wadis and explains how present day urban and rural communities manage their water supply. The volume provides a new approach and new methods that can be applied for exploring the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students concerned with the impacts of climate change and hydrology on human society, especially in the Near East.

Hydrology --- Water-supply --- Water and civilization. --- Climate and civilization. --- Hydrologie --- Eau --- Eau et civilisation --- Climat et civilisation --- History --- Approvisionnement --- Histoire --- Jordan River Valley --- Jourdain, Vallée du --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Geografie --- History. --- Fysische geografie --- Azië. --- Jordan River Watershed --- Antiquities. --- Jourdain, Vallée du --- Antiquités --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Climatology --- Civilization and water --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Biḳʻat ha-Yarden

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Educació ambiental --- Canvi climàtic --- Condicions socials --- Condicions econòmiques --- Activitat econòmica --- Aspectes econòmics --- Condicions socioeconòmiques --- Situació econòmica --- Vida econòmica --- Creixement econòmic --- Cost de la vida --- Aspectes socials --- Qüestions socials --- Situació social --- Desenvolupament social --- Condicions rurals --- Situació legal --- Canvis climàtics --- Canvi climàtic global --- Cicles climàtics --- Fluctuacions climàtiques --- Oscil·lacions climàtiques --- Variacions climàtiques --- Climatologia --- Degradació ambiental --- Desertització --- Canvi mediambiental global --- Dendroclimatologia --- Escalfament global --- Paleoclimatologia --- Temperatura atmosfèrica --- Educació ecològica --- Educació mediambiental --- Educació --- Alfabetització ambiental --- Colònies escolars --- Climate and civilization. --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Climatology

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"Communities, companies, and governments at all levels in the United States are making decisions that will influence where, what and how infrastructure will be built. These design and policy decisions shape infrastructure, influence economic development, and influence future exposures to natural hazards for decades. Population growth and shifts, particularly those on the coasts, drive demand for new infrastructure, and, as a result, increase the exposure of infrastructure to natural hazards. These natural hazard exposures are projected to be larger and more uncertain in the future because of the effects of sea level rise and projected changes in temperature and precipitation patterns. Thus, incorporating natural hazard risk assessment into infrastructure planning is becoming both increasingly important and challenging. This report summarizes insights we have gained about the exposures to U.S. infrastructure from natural hazards now and in the future. Our analysis identifies regions in the country where infrastructure may be uniquely exposed to a complex set of natural hazards. In those regions, our analysis highlights the types of infrastructure that are exposed and the hazards that put them at risk. Our analysis also reveals where infrastructure exposures may be expected to change most dramatically. Finally, our analysis reveals where infrastructure exposures remain most uncertain and where new data and analysis would be most valuable. Each of these findings can inform federal efforts to improve infrastructure and resilience planning"--Back cover.

Infrastructure (Economics) --- Climatic changes --- Global warming. --- Climate and civilization. --- Natural disasters --- Risk assessment --- Security measures --- Effect of human beings on --- Social aspects. --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Climatology --- Global warming --- Warming, Global --- Global temperature changes --- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change