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Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2955351261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 509

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Author: Claude Desjarlais
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : fr
Pages : 138

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Author: Walter Leal Filho
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319537423
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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This edited book responds to the need for a better understanding of how climate change affects North America and for the identification of processes, methods and tools that may help countries and communities to develop a more robust adaptive capacity. It showcases successful examples of how to manage the social, economic and environmental complexities posed by climate change. The book attempts to synthesize various branches of resilience and adaptation scholarship into a cohesive text that highlights field research and best practices that are shaping policy and practice in a wide geography from the coastal conditions of the Caribbean to the thawing landscape of the Arctic Circle.

Author: Diane Bélanger
Publisher: Presses de l'Université Laval
ISBN: 2763733883
Category : Medical
Languages : fr
Pages : 238

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Un ouvrage documenté et accessible portant sur les incidences des changements climatiques sur la santé.

Author: Claude DesJarlais
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782923292007
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : fr
Pages : 83

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Author: William Holt
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 178190037X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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Examining urban environmental issues at the macro, municipal level down to the micro community and individual level, this volume features cities and metropolitan regions across the global north and south with case studies from the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe to India, Central America, South America and Africa.

Author: Christopher R. Bryant
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319313924
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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This book deals with one of the major challenges facing human society and its governments, climate change and variability. The principal objective of the book is to explore how agricultural production through the actions primarily of farmers, including peasant farmers, adapt to these changing circumstances, what the limitations of adaptation are, how the process of adaptation varies between different territories (e.g. developed countries versus developing countries), and what are or can be the most effective roles for actors other than the farmers, including different levels of government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as professional associations of farmers and community organizations. The principal argument is threefold: 1) while there are significant differences between territories and countries in terms of the capacity of farmers (and the other actors) to engage in capacity building to be able to adapt effectively to climate change and variability, 2) the critical roles are those played out by the farmers themselves, but that 3) other actors can play an important role in accompanying farmers in their adaptation process, providing relevant and strategic information, counseling them and facilitating networking and meetings when appropriate. This effectively means that without engaging in the local adaptation processes governments can really only play effective roles by working with other actors at the local and regional levels. When it occurs, it can be very effective, but when it does not, farmers are left to their own devices (and even then, many are able to use their own creativity and local knowledge to survive and continue to develop). Essentially therefore, the secondary argument that is followed throughout the book is that adaptation is essentially a social process that requires an understanding of social processes and dynamics in each farming community and territory. It involves an understanding, for instance, of information diffusion processes in the different farming communities and territories, which provides a set of tools to promote and facilitate the adoption process in the context of adaptation to climate change and variability.

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251389411
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Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Jean-François Soussana
Publisher: Editions Quae
ISBN: 2759220168
Category : Nature
Languages : fr
Pages : 298

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Les recherches sur l’adaptation au changement climatique constituent une thématique émergente. Comment préserver la biodiversité et les écosystèmes ? Comment augmenter la production alimentaire tout en limitant les émissions de gaz à effet de serre ? Comment survivre dans les sociétés traditionnelles ? Quel avenir pour l’agriculture, la forêt et la pêche ? Quel devenir pour nos territoires ? Rédigé par un collectif d’experts scientifiques, cet ouvrage propose une première synthèse des recherches dans ce domaine.

Author: Sebastian Weissenberger
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401798885
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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The book provides a concise and interdisciplinary outlook on the impacts of climate change on coastal areas and how coastal communities adapt to them. The first chapter analyses how sea level rise, changing ocean conditions, or increased climate variability and the socio-environmental context of the coastal zone leads to vulnerable communities. The second chapter addresses adaptation strategies and tools, and gives some examples of their application around the world. The third chapter describes participative action research projects undertaken in New Brunswick and how this community based approach has enabled communities to increase their climate resilience.