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Analyzing flood risk and related impacts to urban communities in central Vietnam

Razafindrabe, Bam; Kada, Ryohei; Arima, Makoto; Inoue, Shoji - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 2, pp. 177-198

This study aims at understanding flood risks and their impact on a community, in order to enhance communities … the perception of flood risk among household heads educated up to secondary school level, suggesting that they believe … aware that flood disasters are the result of hazard and vulnerability combined. In addition, social dynamics were apparently …

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Estimating environmental benefits of natural hazard mitigation with data transfer: results from a benefit-cost analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation gra...

Whitehead, John; Rose, Adam - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 14 (2009) 7, pp. 655-676

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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

lack of fish availability, scarcity of water in drought seasons and frequent flood in the rainy seasons. Results also …

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Health officials’ perceptions of and preparedness for the impacts of climate variability on human health in the Somali region of Ethiopia

Abaya, Samson; Mandere, Nicodemus; Winqvist, Niclas - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 5, pp. 585-596

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Modelling economic impacts and adaptation to extreme events: Insights from European case studies

Mechler, Reinhard; Hochrainer, Stefan; Aaheim, Asbjørn; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 7, pp. 737-762

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Climate impact potential of utilizing forest residues for bioenergy in Norway

Guest, Geoffrey; Cherubini, Francesco; Strømman, Anders - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 8, pp. 1089-1108

The utilization of forest residues for bioenergy in Norway is foreseen to increase due to the government call to double bioenergy output by 2020 to thirty Tera-Watt hours. This study focuses on the climate impacts of bioenergy utilization where four forest residue extraction scenarios at...

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Public perception, knowledge and policy support for mitigation and adaption to Climate Change in Costa Rica: Comparisons with North American and European studies

Vignola, R.; Klinsky, S.; Tam, J.; McDaniels, T. - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 3, pp. 303-323

Over the past 20 years considerable efforts have been invested in exploring how the public understands climate change. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted in Europe and North America and little is known about public perceptions of climate change in developing countries. This...

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Tailor-made scenario planning for local adaptation to climate change

Carlsen, Henrik; Dreborg, Karl; Wikman-Svahn, Per - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 8, pp. 1239-1255

This paper presents a tailor-made scenario approach for climate change adaptation planning, which emphasises involvement of stakeholders in the development of socioeconomic scenarios and relates to the planning situation and interest of the planning entity. The method was developed and tested in...

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The gap between global issues and personal behaviors: pro-environmental behaviors of citizens toward climate change in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Lin, Shis-Ping - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 6, pp. 773-783

Taiwan ranks 22nd worldwide in greenhouse gas emissions. One-third of these emissions come from the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. To mitigate global warming, the Taiwanese government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of environmental protection have promoted a series of energy conservation...

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Fail-safe solar radiation management geoengineering

Kosugi, Takanobu - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 8, pp. 1141-1166

To avoid dangerous changes to the climate system, the global mean temperature must not rise more than 2 °C from the 19th century level. The German Advisory Council on Global Change recommends maintaining the rate of change in temperature to within 0.2 °C per decade. This paper supposes that...

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