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Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. E. Carina H. Keskitalo

    1. Dept. Social &, Economic Geography, Umea University, Umea, Sweden

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  • First volume on adaptation to climate change in advanced industrial states
  • Includes comparative cases in four countries
  • Includes multi-level cases from national to local level
  • Takes into account the EU framework and its role for adaptation

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction – Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe: Theoretical Framework and Study Design

    • E. Carina H. Keskitalo
    Pages 1-38

  3. Addressing Adaptation in the EU Policy Framework

    • David Ellison
    Pages 39-96

  4. Climate Change Adaptation in the United Kingdom: England and South-East England

    • E. Carina H. Keskitalo
    Pages 97-147

  5. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Multi-Level Governance in Finland

    • Sirkku Juhola
    Pages 149-187

  6. Adapting to Climate Change in Sweden: National Policy Development and Adaptation Measures in Västra Götaland

    • E. Carina H. Keskitalo
    Pages 189-232

  7. ‘Planning for Today’: The Nature and Emergence of Adaptation Measures in Italy

    • Lisa Westerhoff
    Pages 233-270

  8. Planned Adaptation Measures in Industrialised Countries: A Comparison of Select Countries Within and Outside the EU

    • Lisa Westerhoff, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Heather McKay, Johanna Wolf, David Ellison, Iosif Botetzagias et al.
    Pages 271-338

  9. Conclusion: The Development of Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation Measures in European Countries

    • E. Carina H. Keskitalo
    Pages 339-366

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 367-376
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Mitigation will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change and we will need to adapt to its consequences. This book targets the development of adaptation policy in European countries with different relations between central and regional/local government.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Social &, Economic Geography, Umea University, Umea, Sweden

    E. Carina H. Keskitalo

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