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Assessing vulnerabilities to the effects of global change: an eight step approach

Schröter, Dagmar; Polsky, Colin; Patt, Anthony - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 4, pp. 573-595

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Two methods to assess vulnerability to climate change in the Mexican agricultural sector

Monterroso, Alejandro; Conde, Cecilia; Gay, Carlos; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 4, pp. 445-461

We applied two methods to assess vulnerability to climate change in Mexico’s agricultural sector. The first one was a … exposure and sensitivity minus the adaptive capacity to obtain the vulnerability index. We discuss the similarities and … agricultural sector in Mexico gave us the spatial distribution of the high- and very-high vulnerability categories, which we …

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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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Climate change adaptation through local knowledge in the north eastern region of Bangladesh

Anik, Sawon; Khan, Mohammed - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 8, pp. 879-896

Climate change adaptation in the low laying developing countries is becoming crucial at the present time. However, the local knowledge regarding climate change adaptation is not well focused. This study evaluates climate related perception and identifying various adaptation strategies in the low...

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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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