Table of Contents: Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Conceptualising Fears and Concerns about Future Catastrophes
Chapter 1: Overview: Should We Be Worried About the Future?; pp. 1-11
(Kathryn Gow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Chapter 2: Climate Change As Challenge: Can Human Resilience and Resourcefulness Provide Solutions?; pp. 13-29
(Marek J. Celinski, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Ontario, and Andrzej R. Celinski,York University, Toronto, Ontario)
Chapter 3: Exploring the Psychological Aspects of Risks, Fears and Concerns about Climate Change; pp. 31-53
(Kristina Searle and Kathryn Gow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Chapter 4: Providing Scaffolding for Students in Light of Concerns over Climate Change: An Educational Perspective; pp. 55-67
(Lida Kuk Lee, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong)
Chapter 5: Do Global Concerns Affect Dream Content more than Personal Concerns?; pp. 69-87
(Sandra Sacre, Kathryn Gow, Julie Hansen, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Mark Blagrove, Swansea University, UK)
Chapter 6: Ecological Crises – A Psychological Perspective and the Path to Transformation; pp. 89-101
(Ann Moir-Bussy, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong)
Chapter 7: The Physical and Psychological Challenges of Environmental Threats and Climate Change; pp. 103-117
(Grace Wai-man Ip; Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong)
Chapter 8: Squeezing Relationships Dry: The Impact of Drought on Australian Farmers’ Intimate Relationships; pp. 119-133
(Zoe J. Pearce, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Part 2: What Are Some Of The Effects Of Climate Change And Natural Disasters?
Chapter 9: How Might the Health Effects of Air Pollution Change when The Planet Gets Warmer; pp. 137-155
(Adrian Barnett, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Craig Hansen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
Chapter 10: Can We Anticipate More Heatwaves, Wildfires and Deluges?; pp. 157-173
(Kathryn Gow, Queensland University of technology, Australia)
Chapter 11: Responses of Freshwater Turtles to Drought: The Past, Present and Implications for Future Climate Change in Australia; pp. 175-190
(John Roe, Indiana-Purdue University, USA and Arthur Georges, University of Canberra, Australia)
Chapter 12: Can Understanding Backwater Effects Help us to Prepare for and Manage Deluges?; pp. 191-208
(Francine Pritchard, University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 13: Bushfire Disaster Preparedness: A Rural Survey; pp. 209-227
Francine Pritchard, University of Southern Queensland, Kathryn Gow, Iraphne Childs and David Chant, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Chapter 14: Adapting to Sea-Level Rise: Lessons for the Future from Redcliffe, Australia; pp. 229-245
(Peter A. Hastings and Iraphne R.W. Childs, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Chapter 15: Climate Change Impacts and Planning in Africa; pp. 247-267
(Workineh Kelbessa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
Chapter 16: Drought in Rural Areas: Not Just the Absence of Water; pp. 269-286
(Kathryn Gow, Queensland University of Technology,Australia)
Chapter 17: The South East Queensland Water Grid – Using the Drought to Engineer the Market; pp. 287-305
(Howard Guille and Hannah Evans, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Part 3: Can We Afford To Take Chances With Our Future?
Chapter 18: Climate Change and Globalisation; pp. 309-324
(Mark J. King, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Chapter 19: Serious Fears across Cultures about the Collapse of the World Order; pp. 325-341
(Elizabeth Tindle and Waveney Croft, Queensland University of Technology Australia)
Chapter 20: Three Economic Tsunamis: Should we have seen them coming? A Boundary Rider’s Perspective; pp. 343-356)
(Paul Wildman, Economist and Community Development Consultant,Australia)
Chapter 21: A Third Watershed: The Capacity to Adapt and Solve Future Dilemmas Confronting our Planet; pp. 357-372
(Ian Plowman, Management and Community Consultant, Australia)
Chapter 22: It’s Now or Never: The Importance in Raising Ecological Conscious Awareness of The World’s Climate Change; pp. 373-391
(Anna Lee Mraz Bartra, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
Commentary: How did we Blow it on Climate Change?; pp. 393-394
(Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Western Australia)
How Could We Live without These?; pp. 395
(Jordy Roberts, Gold Coast, Queensland)
Save our Planet; pp. 397
(Elizabeth Tindle, Brisbane, Australia)
Photographs: Several of the photographs in the text are contributed by Tim McCrorey, Toowoomba, Australia. Other photographic contributions are acknowledged in the various chapters.
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