03797nam a22005535i 4500 978-3-031-57169-5 DE-He213 20251030112056.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240523s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031571695 978-3-031-57169-5 10.1007/978-3-031-57169-5 doi QC851-999 RBP bicssc SCI042000 bisacsh RBP thema Bernardini, Chiara. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 77325 Climate Change and Human Systems [electronic resource] : Innovative Adaptation Services as a Soft-Resilience Strategy to Tackle Emerging Risks / by Chiara Bernardini. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XV, 143 p. 33 illus., 27 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda PoliMI SpringerBriefs, 2282-2585 Human systems adaptation to climate change: the soft-approach -- Regulatory tools for adaptation to “glocal” climate change -- The unexplored field of urban services in the context of climate change adaptation: potential transitions -- Analytical framework applicative examples: reality check and optimization scenarios. This book offers a thorough review of studies on climate change and urban adaptation strategies and plans. It takes the moves from the identification of three primary barriers to adaptation, including the uncertainty surrounding climate change and its evolution, the complexity of human systems, and the widespread perception that climate change impacts are improbable. From this analysis arises the idea of the need to adopt a new approach to the climate issue: the soft approach. This approach focuses on the intangible and organizational aspects of systems and is proposed as a valid alternative in contexts of high uncertainty. It complements the structural (hard) option in response to emerging risks. Furthermore, soft solutions have intrinsic characteristics of flexibility, reversibility, adaptability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, making them often low-regret and co-benefit. Based on these principles, the book suggests that a climate-wise reorganization of urban services could constitute an effective soft strategy to help cities tackle the impacts of climate change and investigates the potential for Urban Facility Management services to evolve through their integration with climate information. The concept of urban Adaptation services, which integrate knowledge and practices of climate services into urban services management processes, is an innovative perspective which stems from a reading of reality through the lens of specific needs. Climatology. 62309 Urban economics. Facility management. Sociology, Urban. Climate Sciences. 67755 Urban Economics. Facility Management. Urban Sociology. 69514 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031571688 Printed edition: 9783031571701 PoliMI SpringerBriefs, 2282-2585 66262 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57169-5 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 60078 60078