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This paper reviews recent literature on flood research in Bangladesh, focusing on the nation's vulnerability to climate … change and its ability to adapt. This review reveals that the literature on community-based vulnerability and adaptation, and … paper argues that an integrated assessment of rural vulnerability and community-based adaptation is needed in order to …
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investigates rice farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity in a semi-arid climate in Bangladesh. It identified factors determining … farmers’ adaptation responses to addressing water scarcity. The analysis shows that farmers with more experience of farming … climatic effects are more likely to adopt alternative adaptation strategies. Farmers’ alternative adaptation choices are …
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vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) strategies in four different areas of Bangladesh in order to reduce their vulnerability to … demonstrate and emphasise that adaptation policy needs to be implemented immediately in Bangladesh in order to reduce and manage …Bangladesh has been identified as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change and rising sea-level. This is …
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Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as an overall indicator of food security under climate...
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This paper presents the results of an exploratory study working with two Amazonian communities in Peru to identify key climate-related health risks from the perspective of local residents, and characterize how these risks are experienced and managed. The work adopts a vulnerability-based...
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. They provide valuable links between probable management adaptation responses and capacity for mitigating greenhouse gas …
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Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change (CC) with higher temperatures reducing crop yields … and sea level rise decreasing arable land supply. The Government of Bangladesh aspires to offer its people a comparable … standard of living to that of middle-income countries by 2021. Bangladesh's population will reach 247 million by 2050 and GDP …
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Climate change is an externality problem—so the challenges that arise in limiting it and dealing with the effects that remain are largely fiscal. The structure of the problem, however, and the uncertainty which surrounds it, make the design of proper policy responses particularly complex. This...
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(11.7%) are the most expected impacts of climate change. Analysis of adaptation behaviour responses suggest that … behaviours largely for financial or contextual reasons. Finally, support for adaptation and mitigation policy responses is … protection increasing the water tariffs (52.5%). As discussions about mitigation and adaptation become increasingly common within …
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This paper presents a tailor-made scenario approach for climate change adaptation planning, which emphasises … approach facilitated the engagement of the local planning body in climate change adaptation and helped them to analyse …
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