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Preface |
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2 Climate Change: How Do We Know? |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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3 Scientific Consensus: Earths Climate Is Warming |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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4 As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, U.S. Cities Are Moving Forward |
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Katherine Levine Einstein |
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5 A Whole-of-Government Approach: Embedding Disaster Resilience |
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6 Designing Greener Streets Starts with Finding Room for Bicycles and Trees |
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7 Climate Change Resilience Could Save Trillions in the Long Run |
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8 Measuring Up U.S. Infrastructure Against Other Countries |
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9 The Causes of Climate Change |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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10 Effects of Climate Change |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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11 Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water Quality Across the Great Lakes |
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12 Long-Term Disaster Recovery |
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43 | (5) |
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13 Rethinking the "Infrastructure" Discussion Amid a Blitz of Hurricanes |
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48 | (5) |
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14 Cap and Trade Is Supposed to Solve Climate Change, but Oil and Gas Company Emissions Are Up |
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53 | (8) |
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15 Endangered Species Under GOP? Climate Change Information on the Web |
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61 | (3) |
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16 California Fires Illuminate Trauma and Resilience |
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64 | (3) |
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17 How to Zero In on Your Final, Forever Home While Skirting Disaster |
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18 Hurricane Maria's Legacy: Thousands of Puerto Rican Students Show PTSD Symptoms |
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Part III Actions and Innovations |
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A Citizens and Public-Private Partnerships |
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19 Both Conservatives and Liberals Want a Green Energy Future, but for Different Reasons |
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20 Volunteering During a Disaster |
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21 From Pledges to Action: Cities Need to Show Their Climate Progress with Hard Data |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (4) |
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23 Top Five Tips for Planning, Preparing and Adapting to Climate Change |
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24 Seven Strategies for Managing Uncertainty |
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88 | (3) |
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25 The Role of Education in Environmental Activism |
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26 The University of California's Carbon Neutrality Initiative |
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27 Role of Mobile Apps in Public Administration of Disaster Relief |
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28 Meeting Climate and Energy Action Plan Goals in Ashland, Oregon |
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104 | (8) |
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29 The Future of Napa County Environmental Impact Decisions |
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30 San Rafael Climate Change Action Plan: An Excerpt |
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31 Building Climate Resilience in Cities: Lessons from New York |
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121 | (4) |
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International City/County Management Association |
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33 Local Government Climate Change and Evolution |
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34 California's Capabilities to House Disaster Survivors |
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35 How Texas Is "building back better" from Hurricane Harvey |
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36 Climate Change: Basic Information |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
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37 Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States |
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U.S. Global Change Research Program |
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38 Climate Change Adaptation |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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40 Greenland's Rapid Melt Will Mean More Flooding |
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41 Ice in Motion: Satellites Capture Decades of Change |
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42 Fighting Climate Change |
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43 Cities and Climate Change |
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United Nations Environment Programme |
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44 Mapping Mangrove Management: Lessons Learned from Mexico |
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45 A Case for Transition Shelters |
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181 | (5) |
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46 Incentivizing Collaborative Governance for Climate and Disaster Adaptation |
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Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza |
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47 Climate Change Justice and Environmental Litigation in the Philippines |
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48 Fostering Resilience in Water Supply Management |
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201 | (8) |
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49 Bridging the Gaps: Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Development Planning |
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209 | (8) |
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50 Trump's Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge |
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217 | (6) |
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51 Build Disaster-Proof Homes Before Storms Strike, Not Afterward |
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223 | (3) |
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52 Extreme Weather News May Not Change Climate Change Skeptics' Minds |
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226 | (3) |
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53 We Can't Save Everything from Climate Change |
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229 | (3) |
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54 Impact of Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies on Global Supply Chains |
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55 Alternative Facts Are the Enemy of Health Security and Resilience |
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Appendix A Glossary and Acronyms of Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III and Alan R. Roper |
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Appendix B United Nations Paris Agreement (2015) |
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Appendix C FEMA Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement (2011-OPPA-01) Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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About the Contributors |
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Index |
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