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We examine the impact of temperature shocks and climate change on household financial behaviour in Viet Nam. To do so … trajectory in which countervailing measures are not adopted to address climate change, climate change will be responsible for an …
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each context. -- global environmental change ; climate change ; African cities ; mitigation ; adaptation ; coping …
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The Development under Climate Change research effort provides a basis for determining quantitative impacts on … infrastructure from climate change. This paper provides results of an analysis of sea level rise impacts on road infrastructure in …
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This study examines the effect of climate on citywide labour productivity in the Accra city region. We use data from … Ghana's Integrated Business and Establishment Survey dataset, climate data at the sub-city level from Ghana Meteorological … African cities seek to understand the impact of climate change and how to integrate climate change considerations into urban …
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Mozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. A bigger than usual, and mostly unexpected, flood … those months to assess the short-term impact of the 2015 flood on household consumption and poverty levels. Applying a … difference-in-difference approach, we find that, for those exposed to the flood, consumption reduced significantly in the short …
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There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of …, shocks in weather patterns affect farmers' expectations of farm yield and hence the decision to adopt farm inputs such as … this study, I explore the relationship between weather shocks and the intensity of inputs use at the plot level using large …
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simulated storm surge level for the 100-year storm surge, we analyze permanently inundated lands and temporary flood zones. As … respond to these threats. -- sea level rise ; storm surge ; tropical cyclone risk ; flood risk ; South East Asia …
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Climate variability poses a major risk to agricultural incomes in Africa. In Ghana, most of the country's poor people … investigates the impact of climate variability on household welfare in the area using a three-period panel data from the Ghana … temperatures found to be significant drivers of improved welfare. The study thus concludes that climate variability negatively …
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This paper explores one possible argument for how to respond to the epistemic troubles in the production of knowledge about urban Africa. The problem I have in mind is the preponderance of policy-oriented research on the development challenges and absences of African cities, as opposed to a more...
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domestic product, income per capita, population, and urbanization. The Long-range Energy Alternative Planning model is applied …
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