Climate Vulnerability

Author David Sailor

Climate change has been the subject of thousands of books and magazines, scientific journals, and newspaper articles daily. It’s a subject that can be very political and emotional, often blurring the lines between fact and fiction. The vast majority of research, studies, projections and recommendations tend to focus on the human influence on climate change and global warming as the result of CO2 emissions, often to the exclusion of other threats that include population growth and the stress placed on energy sources due to emerging global affluence.

"Climate Vulnerability" seeks to strip away the politics and emotion that surround climate change and will assess the broad range of threats using the bottom up approach — including CO2 emissions, population growth, emerging affluence, and many others — to our five most critical resources: water, food, ecosystems, energy and human health. Inclusively determining what these threats are while seeking preventive measures and adaptations is at the heart of this unique reference work.

Bio

David Sailor is a professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and director of the Urban Climate Research Center. Sailor's scholarly agenda focuses on the intersection of climate with the built environment.


Date published
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Elsevier
ISBN
9780123847034

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