Geoff Vana's Books

Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk

Beyond Fragmented Responses

By: Geoff O'Brien,Phil O'Keefe

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Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk

Beyond Fragmented Responses

By: Geoff O'Brien,Phil O'Keefe

Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities. In discussing this, the book will evaluate the approaches used by each community to reduce the adverse effects of climate change. One area that offers some promise for bringing together these communities is through the concept of resilience. This term is increasingly used in each community to describe a process that embeds capacity to respond to and cope with disruptive events. This emphasizes an approach that is more focused on pre-event planning and using strategies to build resilience to hazards in an adaptation framework. The book will conclude by evaluating the scope for a holistic approach where these communities can effectively contribute to building communities that are resilient to climate driven risks.

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1136866817

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9781136866814

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments

A Training Manual

By: V Ratna Reddy,Geoff Syme,Chiranjeevi Tallapragada

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Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments

A Training Manual

By: V Ratna Reddy,Geoff Syme,Chiranjeevi Tallapragada

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments: A Training Manual provides the reader with the tools they need to understand an integrated approach to watershed management. The book presents a conceptual framework of water management based on the authors' vast experience. Topics covered include a scientific background of watershed management and the integration of geohydraulic and socioeconomic factors. Key points are further enhanced with case studies, problem sets, Bayesian Networks and quizzes to educate watershed managers, industry professionals and agencies. Authored by a team of leaders in the field who are responsible for groundbreaking research in the area, this book draws on their experience synthesizing scientific, practical, on the ground expertise. This is an essential tool for researchers and professionals in environmental, water or natural resource management. - Presents an integrated approach—combining different sciences— that allows for the improved design of watersheds through the integration of biophysical, land use and socioeconomic analyses - Contains activities for self-evaluation - Includes case studies drawing from field experiences, giving the reader deeper insights into challenges faced, practical problems and solutions

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226

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Elsevier

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0128152761

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9780128152768

The Piketty Phenomenon

New Zealand Perspectives

By: Geoff Bertram,Simon Chapple,Donal Curtin,Brian Easton,Max Harris,Tim Hazledine,Bernard Hickey,Prue Hyman,Hautahi Kingi,Gareth Morgan,Matt Nolan,Max Rashbrooke,Susan St John,Robert Wade,Cathy Wylie

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The Piketty Phenomenon

New Zealand Perspectives

Few books have had the global impact of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. An overnight bestseller, Piketty’s assessment that inherited wealth will always grow faster, on average, than earned wealth has energised debate. Hailed as ‘bigger than Marx’ (The Economist) or dismissed as ‘medieval’ (Wall Street Journal), the book is widely acknowledged as having significant economic and political implications. Collected in this BWB Text are responses to this phenomenon from a diverse range of New Zealand economists and commentators. These voices speak independently to the relevance of Piketty’s conclusions. Is New Zealand faced with a one-way future of rising inequality? Does redistribution need to focus more on wealth, rather than just income? Was the post-war Great Convergence merely an aberration and is our society doomed to regress into a new Gilded Age?

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Bridget Williams Books

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192727771X

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9781927277713

Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

By: Geoff Rayner-Canham,Tina Overton

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Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

By: Geoff Rayner-Canham,Tina Overton

This bestselling text gives students a less rigorous, less mathematical way of learning inorganic chemistry, using the periodic table as a context for exploring chemical properties and uncovering relationships between elements in different groups. The authors help students understand the relevance of the subject to their lives by covering both the historical development and fascinating contemporary applications of inorganic chemistry (especially in regard to industrial processes and environmental issues). The new edition offers new study tools, expanded coverage of biological applications, and new help with problem-solving.

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1464176809

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9781464176807

Book's by Geoff Vana

Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk

Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments

The Piketty Phenomenon

The Piketty Phenomenon

Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

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