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Assessing impact of projected future climate on tree species growth and yield: development of an evaluation strategy
Dombroskie, Shaun; McKendy, Monica; Ruelland, Courtney; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 4, pp. 307-320
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Implications of a changing climate on food security and smallholders’ livelihoods in Bogotá, Colombia
Eitzinger, Anton; Läderach, Peter; Bunn, Christian; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 2, pp. 161-176
Small farmers who supply the city of Bogotá with food are facing many challenges that are jeopardizing their livelihoods and by extension, the food security of Colombia’s capital. We expect future changes in climatic conditions to exacerbate the plight of the small farmers and this is...
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Climate change/variability implications on hydroelectricity generation in the Zambezi River Basin
Yamba, Francis; Walimwipi, Hartley; Jain, Suman; Zhou, Peter - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 6, pp. 617-628
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Socio-economic impacts of climate change on rural United States
Lal, Pankaj; Alavalapati, Janaki; Mercer, Evan - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 7, pp. 819-844
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Community vulnerability to the health effects of climate change among indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from Panaillo and Nuevo Progreso
Hofmeijer, I.; Ford, J.; Berrang-Ford, L.; Zavaleta, C.; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 7, pp. 957-978
managed. The work adopts a vulnerability-based approach and utilizes participatory methodologies to document and examine local … perspectives on vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Thirty nine community members were engaged in participatory photography …
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Development projects for small rural communities in the Brazilian Amazon region as potential strategies and practices of climate change adaptation
Szlafsztein, Claudio - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 2, pp. 143-160
, and interviews with stakeholders of three projects about the community perception, vulnerability and adaptation capacity … reduce the vulnerability to climate change and variability impacts. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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Profiling climate change vulnerability of forest indigenous communities in the Congo Basin
Nkem, Johnson; Somorin, Olufunso; Jum, Cyprian; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 5, pp. 513-533
southern Cameroon; this paper examines the nature and pattern of their vulnerability to different climate risks as well as … highlights how place of settlement in the forest contributes to the vulnerability of people in forest systems. Forests provide … indigenous groups. The results show that vulnerability of forest communities is structured by lifestyle, culture and the …
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Coastal flooding, climate change and environmental justice: identifying obstacles and incentives for adaptation in two metropolitan Boston Massachusetts communities
Douglas, Ellen; Kirshen, Paul; Paolisso, Michael; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 5, pp. 537-562
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Adaptation Options Strategies for Hazards and Vulnerability Mitigation: An International Perspective
Haque, C.; Burton, Ian - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 335-353
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755849
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The Science of Adaptation: A Framework for Assessment
Smit, B.; Burton, I.; Klein, R.J.T.; Street, R. - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 4 (1999) 3, pp. 199-213
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