locations. Prominent examples for Europe are the economic consequences of the harsh winter periods 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 and … the floods in Austria, Eastern Europe, Germany and the United Kingdom in 2005 and 2007. Departing from the EC …-funded project WEATHER, this paper delves into the subject of adaptation strategies by revisiting the project’s general findings on …

mitigation and adaptation strategies. This study addresses the limited understanding of how farmers appraise their private …Adaptation to climate change in agricultural settings depends on understanding farmers’ perceptions of the nature of … self-efficacy, perceived adaptation efficacy and perceived adaptation cost. Multiple regressions were used to understand …

can be used in flood adaptation planning will assist in determining strategic investments and enhancing public … be utilized for climate adaptation planning by municipalities. Assessment criteria such as flood modeling capabilities … appears to hold the most promise in being repurposed for adaptation planning. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media …

Adaptation to climate change, particularly flood risks, may come to pose large challenges in the future and will … integration of the private sector in adaptation. In particular, recently developed state programs for adaptation have so far been … how the insurance industry and the public sector can coordinate their actions to promote climate change adaptation, the …

A prototype multi-purpose index is proposed for use in the evaluation of practices for adaptation to climate … variability and change. The Index of Usefulness of Practices for Adaptation (IUPA) allows the user to assign weights and scores to …-American and Caribbean Region (LAC). Application of the index is demonstrated for an existing adaptation practice from the Coquimbo …

some adaptation options, using a crop growth simulation model. Future climate projections are based on IPCC SRES A2 and B2 …> concentration in the atmosphere. We have tested widely used adaptation options such as changing planting date, supplementary …

’s psychological responses and adaptation to floods. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to examine the means by which …