Municipalities Addressing Climate Change : A Case Study of Norway.

Intro -- MUNICIPALITIES ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1.1. ADAPTING TO EXTREME WEATHER IN NORWEGIAN MUNICIPALITIES -- 1.2. THIS BOOK'S CONTENTS -- 1.3. WHERE TO GO NEXT? -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. THE NORWEGIAN CLIMATE -- 2.3. CLIMATE CHANGE SO FAR -- 2.4. PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS FOR NORWAY -- 2.5. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS -- 2.6. ADAPTING TO FACE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS -- 2.7. MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DRINKING WATER, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- 2.8. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RUNOFF AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- 3.2. OVERVIEW OF STATUS OF AGRICULTURE-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE LINKS -- 3.3. CASE STUDIES -- 3.4. PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR CATCHMENTS -- 3.5. RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN RELATION TO DRINKING WATER TREATMENT IN NORWAY -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER -- 4.3. MICROBIAL PATHOGENS -- 4.4. OTHER POTENTIAL CHALLENGES CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT THE CORROSION OF MATERIAL SURFACES INCLUDING BUILDING FAÇADES IN NORWAY? -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION -- 5.3. THE EFFECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION -- 5.4. MONITORING OF THE CORROSION EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- 5.5. THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT AND CORROSION -- 5.6. CALCULATION OF THE HISTORICAL COSTS OF SURFACE CORROSION OF MATERIALS -- 5.7. EXPECTED CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY -- 5.8. POLLUTION AND CLIMATE DATA -- 5.9. CALCULATION OF PRESENT AND EXPECTED FUTURE CORROSION COSTS -- 5.10. THE CHANGING CLIMATE INCREASES THE CORROSION -- 5.11. MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEASURES.

CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- 6.2. SHORT-TERM EFFECTS -- 6.3. LONG-TERM EFFECTS -- 6.4. THREE CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LOCAL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN NORWAY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: FLOOD RISK REDUCTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION -- 7.1. THE NATURAL FLOW REGIME AND RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS -- 7.2. THE NATURAL FLOW REGIME, RIVER LANDSCAPES, AND BIODIVERSITY -- 7.3. CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY -- 7.4. FLOODPLAINS -- 7.5. FLOODPLAINS AND RIVER DELTAS IN NORWAY -- 7.6. LOCAL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT -- 7.7. A MORE SOCIALLY OPTIMAL APPROACH TO FLOOD PREVENTION? -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MUNICIPALITIES MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. TWO MUNICIPALITIES LIVING WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS -- 8.3. INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS - GOVERNANCE ISSUES -- 8.4. Financial Barriers - Lack of Economic Incentives -- 8.5. CAPACITY BARRIERS - UNCERTAINTY ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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