YoVDO

Anticipate and Adapt: Protecting Natural Resources Under Extreme Rainfall

Offered By: AGU via YouTube

Tags

Climate Adaptation Courses Urban Planning Courses Climate Change Courses Natural Resource Management Courses Climate Science Courses Disaster Risk Reduction Courses Rural Development Courses

Course Description

Overview

Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only!
Explore a comprehensive presentation on the impacts of extreme rainfall events and climate adaptation strategies in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. Learn about the significant increase in heavy precipitation events over the past 50 years and their detrimental effects on urban and rural communities, infrastructure, ecosystems, and natural resources. Discover how the U.S. Geological Survey Climate Adaptation Science Centers respond to high-priority management challenges, foster engagement between scientists and managers, and advance understanding of climate change impacts. Gain insights into techniques used to engage natural resource managers, extreme precipitation research, co-production of climate adaptation, and communication and decision support activities for the region. Understand the growing awareness of climate-related risks across various sectors and the need for improved decision-making processes that integrate disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and sustainability. Examine successful climate service examples for extreme events and their role in enabling users to build resilience through informed decision-making.

Syllabus

Anticipate and Adapt: protecting natural resources under extreme rainfall


Taught by

AGU

Related Courses

21st Century Energy Transition: how do we make it work?
University of Alberta via Coursera
Climate Change in Four Dimensions
University of California, San Diego via Coursera
Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy
University of Glasgow via FutureLearn
El ABC de la sostenibilidad
Campus BBVA via Coursera
Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action
University of Michigan via Coursera