Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the - Semi Arid Tropic

Klappentext Climate changes can trigger events that lead to mass migration! hunger! and even famine. Rather than focus on the impacts that result from climatic fluctuations! the authors look at the underlying conditions that cause social vulnerability. Once we understand why individuals! households! nations! and regions are vulnerable! and how they have buffered themselves against climatic and environmental shifts! then present and future vulnerability can be redressed. By using case studies from across the globe! the authors explore past experiences with climate variability! and the likely effects of--and the possible policy responses to--the types of climatic events that global warming might bring. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of acronyms; List of authors; Introduction; Part I. Overview: 1. Climate variation, vulnerability and sustainable development in the semi-arid tropics; Part II. Climate Variation, Climate Change and Society: 2. Climate change and variability in Mexico; 3. The impact of climate variation and sustainable development in the Sudano-Sahelian region; 4. Impacts of climate change upon semi-arid regions in China and sustainable development in China; Part III. Climate Variability and Vulnerability: Causality and Response: 5. Drought follows the plow: cultivating marginal areas; 6. Settlement advance and retreat: a century of experience on the Eyre peninsula of South Australia; 7. Reducing the impacts of drought: progress towards risk management; 8. Amazonia and the northeast: the Brazilian tropics and sustainable development; Part IV. The International Conference on the Impacts of Climate Variations and Sustainable Development in the Semi-Arid Regions - ICID: 9. The declaration of Fortaleza; 10. Working group highlights.

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• Authors: Jesse C. Magalhaes Ribot
• Assisted by: Antonio Rocha Magalhaes (Editor), Antonio Rocha Magalhães (Editor), Antonio Rocha Magalhes (Editor), Stahis Panagides (Editor), Panagides Stahis (Editor), Jesse C. Ribot (Editor), Ribot Jesse C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521019477
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01947-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Society & social sciences, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social impact of environmental issues, Social impact of disasters, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Environmental science, engineering and technology