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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

development discourses in the context of climate change. Adaptation to climate change goes along with a significant shift in …

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Climate change, environmental degradation and migration

Warner, K.; Hamza, M.; Oliver-Smith, A.; Renaud, F.; … - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 689-715

Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and environmentally dependent socio-economic systems with potential to cause substantial population displacement. The key concerns in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) will include serious threats to food...

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Adapting to climate change: a comparison of two strategies for dike heightening

Hoekstra, Arjen; Kok, Jean-Luc - In: Natural Hazards 47 (2008) 2, pp. 217-228

In the Netherlands the current dike design policy is to design flood defence structures corresponding to an agreed flooding probability with an extra safety board of at least 0.5 m. For river dikes a return period of 1,250 years is used to determine the design water levels. A problem with this...

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Floods in megacity environments: vulnerability and coping strategies of slum dwellers in Dhaka/Bangladesh

Braun, Boris; Aßheuer, Tibor - In: Natural Hazards 58 (2011) 2, pp. 771-787

In many megacities of the global south, the combination of rapid population growth and high pressure on space for housing, results in urban growth taking place in areas particularly prone to natural hazards. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is no exception to this rule. Many marginal...

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IUPA: a tool for the evaluation of the general usefulness of practices for adaptation to climate change and variability

Debels, P.; Szlafsztein, C.; Aldunce, P.; Neri, C.; … - In: Natural Hazards 50 (2009) 2, pp. 211-233

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 …

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Extreme events and disasters: a window of opportunity for change? Analysis of organizational, institutional and political changes, formal and informal responses after mega-disaster...

Birkmann, J.; Buckle, P.; Jaeger, J.; Pelling, M.; … - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 637-655

Disaster associated with natural hazards can lead to important changes—positive or negative—in socio-ecological systems. When disasters occur, much attention is given to the direct disaster impacts as well as relief and recovery operations. Although this focus is important, it is noteworthy...

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Impact of climate change on rainfed rice and options for adaptation in the lower Mekong Basin

Mainuddin, Mohammed; Kirby, Mac; Hoanh, Chu - In: Natural Hazards 66 (2013) 2, pp. 905-938

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 …

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Flood hazard and damage assessment in the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean) to relative sea level rise

Alvarado-Aguilar, Dagoberto; Jiménez, José; Nicholls, … - In: Natural Hazards 62 (2012) 3, pp. 1301-1321

buffer and areas of saline vegetation. Under present deltaic evolution with no sediment supply, adaptation is considered a …

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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

Seasonal water scarcity in southern China has been an issue of concern for many years. The increased frequency of low precipitation in the growing season of rice created a flurry of discussions in the academic and policy arenas. These events severely disrupted the supply of irrigation water for...

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Rethinking the relationships of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation from a disaster risk perspective

Lei, Yongdeng; Jing’ai Wang; Yue, Yaojie; Zhou, Hongjian - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 1, pp. 609-627

Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation are three fundamentally inter-related concepts among such research … evolution processes of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation, and tentatively categorized past diverse thoughts of their … to address the relationships of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation within the disaster risk domain, and we further …

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