Title:	Adaptation to Climate Change
Authors:	Rob Roggema
Issue Date:	10-Jan-2009
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The predictions on climate change are more than once overtaken by real- ity. Climate change seems to accelerate: sooner, faster, stronger. This means that the uncertainties on future changes are large. What is agreed on is the fact that even if the World succeeds in minimising CO2 emissions of today, the effects of the changes will continue to affect communities, ecologies and economies all over the world. Therefore, one way or another adaptation of societies to the changes is necessary. Because of the regular surprises in the pace of climate change, and always at the top-line of predicted scenarios, the question is if mankind is aware of the urgency to adapt. Probably the best strategy is to be prepared in a worse case scenario and organise land-use and spatial functions in a way that they are capable of withstand- ing big changes. This requires transformation of climate change knowledge into spa- tial planning. Many countries, of which the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark, Japan and Finland are analysed, have developed an adaptation strategy, but only few of them incorporate the field of spatial planning in it.
URI:	http://196.189.45.87:8080/handle/123456789/88775
Appears in Collections:	Handbooks

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