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Domestic policy framework on adaptation to climate change in water resources: Case study for India
Sharma, Bharat R.; McCornick, Peter G. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741210
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Estimated effects of climate change on flood vulnerability of U.S. bridges
Wright, Len; Chinowsky, Paul; Strzepek, Kenneth; Jones, … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 8, pp. 939-955
We assessed the potential impacts of increased river flooding from climate change on bridges in the continental United …
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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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China’s huge investment on water facilities: an effective adaptation to climate change, natural disasters, and food security
Li, Siyue - In: Natural Hazards 61 (2012) 3, pp. 1473-1475
transfer projects, is the most effective adaptation to climate change, drought and flooding, as well as food security. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010846612
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Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change Using a Reservoir Management Tool to a Northern Watershed: Application to Lièvre River Watershed, Quebec, Canada
Alvarez, Uriel Huaringa; Trudel, Mélanie; Leconte, Robert - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 11, pp. 3667-3680
an adaptation strategy to limit flooding in the watershed and also in the Montreal Archipelago located downstream of the … the Lièvre River watershed in the future, to decrease the risk of flooding in the Montreal Archipelago. The reservoir …
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Are shocks becoming more frequent or intense?:
Zseleczky, Laura; Yosef, Sivan - In: Resilience for food and nutrition security
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Are shocks actually on the rise? A selective review of five types of shocks:
Zseleczky, Laura; Yosef, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers frequently cite an increase in shocks around the world as a reason for focusing on resilience. But have shocks actually increased or become more severe and farâ€reaching? What does the landscape of shocks look like?
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Climate change, flooding and food security in south Asia
Douglas, Ian - In: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production … 1 (2009) 2, pp. 127-136
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Adaptation options to reduce the vulnerability of Mekong water resources, food security and the environment to impacts of development and climate change. Report to AusAID
Mainuddin, M.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Jirayoot, K.; Halls, A. S. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907314
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Nepal: building climate resilience of watersheds in mountain eco-regions – climate change and vulnerability mapping in watersheds in middle and high mountains of Nepal. ADB Technic...
Siddiqui, Salman; Bharati, Luna; Pant, Menuka; Gurung, … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2012
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