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Index
List of illustrations List of acronyms and abbreviations Acknowledgements PART I Framework and theory 1 The adaptation age Adapting to climate change The idea of adaptation The IPCC–UNFCCC frame The costs of adapting Conceptual development Structure of the book 2 Understanding adaptation An adaptation lexicon The antecedents of adaptation Cybernetics Coevolution Adaptive management Coping mechanisms Adaptation as a contemporary development concern A typology of adaptation Resilience and adaptation Adaptation thresholds Evaluating adaptive choices: economics and ethics Three visions of adaptation: resilience, transition and transformation PART II The resilience–transition–transformation framework 3 Adaptation as resilience: social learning and self-organisation A vision of adaptation as resilience Framing of resilience Social learning Self-organisation Organisations as sites for adaptation Pathways for organisational adaptation Conclusion 4 Adaptation as transition: risk and governance A vision of adaptation as transition Governance and transition Socio-technical transitions Urban regimes and transitional adaptation Conclusion 5 Adaptation as transformation: risk society, human security and the social contract A vision of adaptation as transformation Modernity and risk society The social contract Human security Disasters as tipping points for transformation Conclusion PART III Living with climate change 6 Adaptation within organisations Context: policy and methods Case study analysis The Environment Agency Grasshoppers farmers’ group Conclusion 7 Adaptation as urban risk discourse and governance Context: policy and methods Case study analysis Cancun Playa del Carmen Tulum Mahahual Conclusion 8 Adaptation as national political response to disaster Context: policy and methods Case study analysis 1970, East Pakistan (Bangladesh): the Bhola Cyclone and the politics of succession 1998, Nicaragua: Hurricane Mitch, a missed opportunity for transformation 2005, New Orleans, USA: transformation denied by political dilution Conclusion PART IV Adapting with climate change 9 Conclusion: adapting with climate change How to adapt with climate change? Diversify the subject and object of adaptation research and policy Focus on social thresholds for progressive adaptation Recognise multiple adaptations: the vision effect Link internal and external drivers of adaptation A synthesis of the argument The age of adaptation The adaptation tapestry The resilience–transition–transformation framework Sites of adaptive action From theory to action References Index
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