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Resilient responses to climate change and variability: a challenge for public policy
O'Brien, Geoff; O'Keefe, Phil - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 369-385
as a vehicle, this article posits that, without a shift in public policy, effective resilience could be jeopardised. Key …, particularly in the developed world, address resilience building but practice is top-down and reactive. Effective resilience … to successful adaptation has been the willingness to learn how to develop a coherent set of principles that can inform a …
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The Economics of Global Climate Change: A Historical Literature Review
Dobes, Leo; Jotzo, Frank; Stern, David I. - In: Review of Economics 65 (2014) 3, pp. 281-320
greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation, and adaptation.  …
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Chinese food security and climate change : agriculture futures
Ye, Liming; Tang, Huajun; Wu, Wenbin; Yang, Peng; … - 2014
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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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures
Ye, Liming; Tang, Huajun; Wu, Wenbin; Yang, Peng; … - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014), pp. 1-39
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954733
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS IN NORTHERN CANADA: INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES WITH GOVERNMENT POLICY
Newton, John; Paci, C.; Ogden, Aynslie - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 541-571
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A critical review of impact of and adaptation to climate change in developed and developing economies
Nath, Pradosh; Behera, Bhagirath - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 13 (2011) 1, pp. 141-162
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Seismic-resilient bulk power grids : hazard characterization, modeling, and mitigation
Nazemi, Mostafa; Dehghanian, Payman - In: IEEE transactions on engineering management : EM 67 (2020) 3, pp. 614-630
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Slum dwellers response to flooding events in the megacities of India
Chatterjee, Monalisa - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 4, pp. 337-353
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Vulnerability, resilience and development discourses in context of climate change
Cannon, Terry; Müller-Mahn, Detlef - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 621-635
perspectives, from vulnerability studies to resilience thinking. However, the paper argues, this shift is problematic for the … development discourses in the context of climate change. Adaptation to climate change goes along with a significant shift in …
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Farmers’ response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience
Sun, Yehong; Zhou, Hongjian; Jing’ai Wang; Yuan, Yi - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 3, pp. 865-877
that update the conceptual model of Disaster Resilience of “Loss-Response” of Location. It presents a temporal dimension to … precipitation in the growing season of rice created a flurry of discussions in the academic and policy arenas. These events severely …’ livelihoods. Within a broader context of accessing farmers’ resilience to agricultural drought, this paper focuses on the response …
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