Climate Change and AdaptationEarthscan, 2012 - 396 من الصفحات This book covers current practices for managing climate risks to food security, water resources, livelihoods, human health and infrastructure, deficits between current practices and needs for effective management of climate risks, the changing nature of the risks due to human-caused climate change, strategies for adapting to climate change to lessen the risks, and the need to integrate these strategies into development planning and resource management. The book also identifies obstacles to effective adaptation and explore measures needed to create conditions that are favorable to climate change adaptation. The findings and lessons will help readers understand and avoid potentially adverse effects from climate change on sustainable development, food security, agriculture, water resources, forests, fisheries, grazing lands, biodiversity and public health. |
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General Lessons from Specific Cases | 1 |
Chapter 2 Adapting Conservation Strategies to Climate Change in Southern Africa | 28 |
Chapter 3 Benefits and Costs of Adapting Water Planning and Management to Climate Change and Water Demand Growth in the Western Cape of S... | 53 |
Chapter 4 Indigenous Knowledge Institutions and Practices for Coping with Variable Climate in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana | 71 |
Chapter 5 Community Development and Coping with Drought in Rural Sudan | 90 |
Adapting to Changing Risks | 109 |
Chapter 7 Making Economic Sense of Adaptation in Upland Cereal Production Systems in The Gambia | 131 |
Chapter 8 Past Present and Future Adaptation by Rural Households of Northern Nigeria | 147 |
Chapter 12 Evaluation of Adaptation Options for the Heihe River Basin of China | 211 |
A Placebased Approach | 228 |
Chapter 14 Spillovers and Tradeoffs of Adaptation in the PantabanganCarranglan Watershed of the Philippines | 247 |
Mainstreaming Adaptation in Pacific Island Townships | 264 |
Chapter 16 Adapting to Dengue Risk in the Caribbean | 279 |
Lessons from the Argentine Experience | 296 |
Lessons from Mexico and Argentina | 315 |
Adapting to Climate Change | 332 |
Chapter 9 Using Seasonal Weather Forecasts for Adapting Food Production to Climate Variability and Climate Change in Nigeria | 163 |
Chapter 10 Adapting Dryland and Irrigated Cereal Farming to Climate Change in Tunisia and Egypt | 181 |
Chapter 11 Adapting to Drought Zud and Climate Change in Mongolias Rangelands | 196 |
Chapter 20 Fishing Strategies for Managing Climate Variability and Change in the Estuarine Front of the Río de la Plata | 353 |
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