Part I. Coastal communities and the climate change imperative. Introduction. Climate drivers in the coastal zone. On the frontline in the Anthropocene: Adapting to climate change through deliberative coastal governance. Part II. Climate change and the coastal zone: North America. Social-ecological change in Canada’s Arctic: Coping, adapting, and learning for an uncertain future. Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in coastal New York City. Crisis on the delta: emerging trajectories for New Orleans. Part III. Climate change and the coastal zone: South and Southeast Asia. Building resilient coastal communities by enabling participatory action: A case study from India. Climate adaptation technologies in agriculture and water supply and sanitation practice in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Coastal zone management and climate policy in Vietnam. A climate for change: A comparative analysis of climate change adaptation in rapidly urbanizing Australian and Chinese city regions. Part IV. Climate change and the coastal zone: Australasia. The evolution of coastal vulnerability assessments to support adaptive decision-making in Australia: a review. Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change: a case study of South East Queensland. From coping to resilience: The role of managed retreat in highly developed coastal regions of New Zealand. Part V. Climate change and the coastal zone: Small islands. A tale of two atoll nations: a comparison of risk, resilience, and adaptive response of Kiribati and the Maldives. Planning for coastal change in Caribbean small islands. Part VI. Climate change and the coastal zone: South America. A risk-based and participatory approach to assessing climate vulnerability and improving governance in coastal Uruguay. The promise of coastal management in Brazil in times of global climate change.
Bruce C. Glavovic holds the EQC Chair in Natural Hazards Planning at Massey University, New Zealand. His research explores the role of governance and land-use planning in building resilient and sustainable communities. He has over 25 years of experience in academia, private consulting, and government, mainly in the Republic of South Africa, the United States, and New Zealand. He is currently vice-chair of the Land–Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Scientific Steering Committee.
Robert C. Kay
is principal consultant of Coastal Zone Management Pty (Ltd) and of Adaptive Futures, Claremont, Australia, two niche consulting companies advising governments, communities, and companies worldwide on the challenges posed by climate change impacts. Dr. Kay has 25 years of experience in climate change impact assessment, coastal zone management, and planning through work in government, consulting, and academic sectors. He holds a position of visiting adjunct professor at the Sustainability Research Center at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has an honours degree in geology (Wales) and a PhD in environmental science (East Anglia, UK).Philip Michael (Mick) Kelly
is a consultant with Tanelorn Associates based in New Zealand’s winterless north. Having retired from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, where he specialized in research on mechanisms of climate change and climate vulnerability, he now manages 69 acres of regenerating bush and is committed to community-based science projects.Ailbhe Travers
is a coastal geomorphologist with over ten years of experience in environmental studies, focusing specifically on the coastal realm. She holds an honours degree in environmental science (University of Ulster) and a PhD in geography and environmental systems engineering at the University of"Most of the thousands of books about climate change and coastal
impacts have either a thematic focus … or they treat specific areas
or regions. This book offers 22 case studies, presented by 50
diverse authors, that represent most oceans and seas of the world.
... Summing up: Highly recommended. General readers; upper-level
undergraduates through professionals/practitioners."
—F. T. Manheim, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA for
CHOICE, November 2015"This book brings together more than 50
authors to explore challenges and opportunities for building the
resilience and sustainability of coastal communities in the face of
climate change. Case studies from different regions make it highly
relevant to a wide range of scholars and practitioners. The
emphasis on practical adaptation strategies and coastal governance
is very timely and important."
—Joern Birkmann, United Nations University and IPCC Lead Author"The
book is not prescriptive in its conclusions — it encourages
diversity — but it is clear that living with risk will be an
increasingly central element of life and development planning on
the coast. Planners, students and residents of the coast will value
this book for its clarity, comprehensiveness and messages for the
livability of future coasts."
— Mark Pelling, King’s College London
"… contains case studies from all major world regions. … The
specific focus on coastal adaptation/resilience – as opposed to a
general treatment of coastal management (with a minor subtext of
climate change) or a generic treatment of adaptation (with maybe
one or two coastal examples) is of particular interest to me – and
likely many others working in coastal environments. I also
appreciate the roles the editors have played in coastal adaptation
over the better part of 2-3 decades. It smells like experience, and
thus credibility."
— Susanne C. Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
"This is an importa
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