Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Opening Summary -- Note -- Bibliography -- Part I Risk and Resilience -- 2 Troubled Times -- New and Extreme Danger -- The Nature of Risk -- Different Perils, Different Places -- Role of Policy -- Timing Can Be Everything -- The Significance of Resilience -- Facets of Resilience -- Individuals and Society -- Climate Risk and Resilience -- Conclusions -- Note -- Bibliography -- 3 Understanding Risk -- The Global Risk Landscapes -- Interactions that Inform Policy -- Risk and Uncertainty -- Measuring Risk -- Probability and Impact -- Modelling Risk -- Sources of Disaster Risks -- Exposure -- Vulnerability -- Intensity -- Disaster Determinants and Policy -- Conclusions -- Note -- Bibliography -- 4 Resilience That Shapes Risk -- Nature and Phases of Resilience -- Social Capital -- Resilience Phases -- Interaction Between Risk and Resilience -- Risk-Resilience Scenarios -- Resilience Qualifies Risk -- Mapping Components of Risk and Resilience -- Addressing Vulnerability -- The Mekong Delta -- Country, Regional, and Global Priorities -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 5 New Highs in Risk and Resilience -- Rising Risks -- Shifting Ground -- Anchoring Resilience -- Bigger Dangers, Rebuild Better -- Synergies Across Sectors -- Payoffs to Preparedness -- Confronting Downward Spirals -- Conclusions -- Note -- Bibliography -- Part II The Climate Catastrophe -- 6 Intractability of Climate Change -- Unheeded Warnings -- Decades of Red Alerts -- Doomsday Projections -- Problems Eluding Solutions -- Degrees of Intractability -- Jointness and Collective Action -- Personal Versus Societal Calculus -- A Super Wicked Problem -- Unholy Alliance -- A Success Story.