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Examination of Intense Climate-related Disasters in the Asia-Pacific
Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Perez, Rosa T. - 2012
The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatures as recorded in publicly available databases for the world,...
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Climate change and coastal zones: An overview of the state-of-the-art on regional and local vulnerability assessment
Sterr, Horst; Klein, Richard; Reese, Stefan - 2000
This paper provides an overview of the latest developments in methodologies for assessing the vulnerability of coastal … zones to climate change at regional and local scales. The focus of vulnerability assessment in coastal zones used to be on … variables that play a part in determining coastal vulnerability, as well as non-climatic developments. The paper presents a …
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Climate change impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
Brochier, Frédéric; Ramieri, Emiliano - 2001
examines the regional differences in the vulnerability of Mediterranean coastal zones from existing studies and projections for …
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The impacts of climate change on water resources of Lebanon-Eastern Mediterranean
Khawlie, Mohamad R. - 2001
-arid inland (200 + 400m.m.). But actual records on the supply, i.e. precipitation, reflect a decreasing pattern over the last …
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Klimawandel und Wintertourismus – Ein Vulnerabilitätsprofil für die Region Tirol
Steiger, Robert; Trawöger, Lisa - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 3 (2011) 2, pp. 151-164
southeast of the study area show a high vulnerability already in the 2030s. A consideration of climate change in the strategic …
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Klimaschutz und Klimawandel: Die Rolle wahrgenommener Gefährdung durch den Klimawandel bei der Unterstützung politischer Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
Kasper, Leonie Kea - 2022
derived from those of risk perception as well as consternation with reference to vulnerability analysis. Empirically, a …
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Assessing the effects of eclimate and socioeconomic factors on vulnerability to vector-borne diseases in Latin America
García Ayala, Rodrigo; Estrugo, Andrés - 2014
, this paper presents and tests an approach to estimating the effects of epidemic outbreaks on health vulnerability. The … online platform, the paper finds that climate has nonnegligible effects on health vulnerability. The evidence found and the … vulnerability index constructed can be used to analyze the main determinants of vulnerability in order to address policy concerns. …
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How do rural households cope with economic shocks? : insights from global data using hierarchical analysis
Börner, Jan; Shively, Gerald E.; Wunder, Sven; Wyman, … - In: Journal of agricultural economics 66 (2015) 2, pp. 392-414
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Local communities vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies in Bukavu in DR Congo
Bele, Mekou Y.; Sonwa, Denis Jean; Tiani, Anne M. - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 23 (2014) 3, pp. 331-357
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Household vulnerability on the frontline of climate change : the pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu
Taupo, Tauisi; Cuffe, Harold; Noy, Ilan - 2016
This paper investigates the vulnerability of households to climatic disasters in the low-lying atoll nation of Tuvalu …
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