Climate change, adaptive capacity and development / editors, Joel B. Smith, Richard J.T. Klein, Saleemul Huq.

Climate change, adaptive capacity and development / editors, Joel B. Smith, Richard J.T. Klein, Saleemul Huq.

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The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climatechange is occurring and that all countries of the world will beaffected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that manydeveloping countries are parti...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Smith, Joel B. Klein, Richard J. T. Huq, Saleemul.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:London : Imperial College Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > Developing countries.
Global environmental change.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments / Joel B. Smith, Richard J.T. Klein and Saleemul Huq
  • Introduction / Joel B. Smith, Richard J.T. Klein and Saleemul Huq
  • From adaptation to adaptive capacity and vulnerability reduction / Barry Smit and Olga Pilifosova
  • Social aspects of adaptive capacity / W. Neil Adger
  • Adaptive capacity: what does it mean in the context of natural hazards? / John Handmer
  • Lessons from famine early warning and food security for understanding adaptation to climate change: toward a vulnerability/adaptation science? / Thomas E. Downing
  • Assessing vulnerability in the context of changing socioeconomic conditions: a study of Egypt / Gary Yohe [and others]
  • Do we have the adaptive capacity to develop and use the adaptive capacity to adapt? / Ian Burton
  • A legal framework of adaptation and adaptive capacity / Roda Verheyen
  • Adaptation funding: legal and institutional issues / Roda Verheyen
  • Adaptive capacity: the Philippines coastal resources experience / Rosa T. Perez
  • Adaptation to climatic variability and change in Tlaxcala, Mexico / Cecilia Conde and Hallie Eakin
  • Engaging Africa in adaptation to climate change / Chris H.D. Magadza
  • Adaptation, sustainable development and equity: the case of Pakistan / Shaheen Rafi Khan
  • Enhancing the capacity of developing countries to adapt to climate change: a policy relevant research agenda / Richard J.T. Klein and Joel B. Smith
  • Workshop agenada and list of participants.

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