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<strong>Applying f</strong>uel reduction treatments (FRTs) to forested landscapes can alleviate undesirable changes in wildfire benefits and costs due to climate change. A conceptual framework was developed for determining the preferred FRTs across planning periods, adapting FRTs to future climate change,...
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, collaborative solutions focused broadly on adaptation to climate change, most particularly the effects of “ecomigration”. Nations …
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short of mechanisms that promote farmers’ adaptation. As a result, smallholders are confronted with a variety of challenges … accordance with farmers’ perceptions. Smallholders use a combination of coping and adaptation strategies to respond to …-depth knowledge of climatic variability, which they use to inform their coping and adaptation strategies. Knowledge of climatic …
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-falling hurricanes. Societal adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability from increasingly intense hurricanes. This study quantifies the … adaptation effects of potentially policy driven caps on housing densities and agricultural cover in coastal (and adjacent inland … economic damages. The evidence from this study implies that a medium to long term land use adaptation in the form of capping …
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In recent years it has become clear that climate change is an inevitable process. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the … productivity, land degradation, high market prices, negative impacts on livelihoods, and increased malnutrition. Adaptation … is linked to issues of development, whereby adaptation is essential to counteract the negative impacts and improve the …
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As the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean prepare to take climate change adaptation measures, there is a … and coastal communities are at risk of being marginalized. It is necessary to take into consideration the adaptation needs … this paper we focus on the need to ensure inclusion and social equity in adaptation planning as climate change issues …
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Florida, a series of Action Teams were created to plan for adaptation to impending environmental changes. As the 26th largest … by a regional government that anticipates the need for stringent adaptation. …
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If we wish to understand how our species can adapt to the coming tide of environmental change, then understanding how we have adapted throughout the course of evolution is vital. Evolutionary biologists have been exploring these questions in the last forty years, establishing a solid record of...
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adaptation options mean that local governments must address the need for adaptation planning within a context of scientific … demonstrates a process to model, visualize and evaluate potential flood impacts and adaptation options for the community of Delta … collaboratively, together with future adaptation scenarios assessed against quantitative and qualitative indicators. This ‘visioning …
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Climate adaptation has emerged as a mainstream risk management strategy for assisting in maintaining socio … introduce the concept of an “adaptation frontier”, which is defined as a socio-ecological system’s transitional adaptive … of systems on the frontier. These include path dependence, adaptation/development deficits, values conflicts and …
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