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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Climate Change Management
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	18. 07. 2018
Seiten	:	195
Einband	:	Kartoniert
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
Gewicht	:	3736 g
ISBN	:	9783319848549
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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Jan Petzold is a geographer trained at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and specialised on human-nature interactions in coastal zones and small islands. In his PhD research he analysed the potential and limitations of social capital for adaptability to climate change on the Isles of Scilly, UK. Besides his research in the United Kingdom and on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as the Bahamas, his regional interest is East Africa. Since December 2016 he works as Science Officer for the Technical Support Unit of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Acknowledgements.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Climate Change: Impacts, Uncertainties and Adaptation.- 3 Social Capital and Small-Island Resilience.- 4 Designing Small Island Research.- 5 Climate Change and Community Action on the Isles of Scilly.- Social Capital as a Factor for Resilience.- Conclusions.- Appendix A: Costal Vulnerability Maps of the Isles of Scilly.- Appendix B: Topographic Maps of the Isles of Scilly.

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