Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond

Eva Sanders Allen, Lingxi Chenyang, Janet G. McCabe, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Kimberly A. Novick, James Shanahan

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9780253063960
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Global Warming & Climate Change
• Index: Biological Sciences

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future environment.

Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond confirms that Indiana can rise to meet this threat. The culmination of Indiana University's Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge, this collection showcases how scientists, policymakers, communicators, and others are working hard to protect Indiana's economy and way of life by becoming more resilient. Researchers are creating new environmental resilience frameworks, building on years of existing research on how ecosystems can adapt, how social systems process threats in order to change, and how individuals themselves fit into the larger picture. In addition to presenting research results, Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond provides clear examples of how Hoosiers can make a difference by reducing risks, lessening the harmful impacts of climate change, and preparing for the unavoidable.

What emerges in these pages is a hopeful, optimistic picture of how resilience is generalizable across systems—from forests to farms to cities—and how Hoosiers are mobilizing this resilience in the face of climate change.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Land Acknowledgment
• Foreword
• 1 | Introduction: Resilience and Climate Change in Indiana
• 2 | Climate and Water Systems
• 3 | Indiana Forest Resilience Is a Matter of Scale and Perspective
• 4 | Biodiversity and Species Movements: Nurturing and Managing Biodiversity in Indiana
• 5 | Hoosier Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Our Food and Farming System’s History, Contemporary Challenges, and Opportunities to Sow Resilience
• 6 | Built Environments and Green Infrastructure: Growing Long-Lasting Urban Resilience
• 7 | Resilience and the “Indiana Way”: Hoosiers Respond to Environmental Change
• 8 | Communicating Resilience: Challenges and Examples
• 9 | Tools and Leadership for Community Resilience
• 10 | Equitability, Health, and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
• 11 | Building Resilience to the Energy Transition in Indiana
• 12 | Conclusion: Moving Forward toward Resilience
• Contributors
• Index