Understanding Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from community-based approaches
Author:   Jonathan Ensor ,  Rachel Berger
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
ISBN:  

9781853396830


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 March 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jonathan Ensor ,  Rachel Berger
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9781853396830


ISBN 10:   1853396834
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 March 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Prelims (Preface, Acknowledgements) 1. Introduction: understanding community-based adaptation 2. Erosion and flooding in northern Bangladesh 3. Changing seasons and flash flooding in the foothills of the Nepal Himalaya 4. Desert and floodplain adaptation in Pakistan 5. Increasing paddy salinity in coastal Sri Lanka 6. Increasing drought in arid and semiarid Kenya 7. Multiple pressures on pastoralism in semi-arid Niger 8. Declining water resources in Sudan's Red Sea coastal belt 9. Extreme weather in the Peruvian high Andes 10. Conclusion: community-based adaptation in practice Back Matter (References, Index)

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This book is a very timely attempt to analyse what adaptation actually looks like in practice and to set it in the context of climate change analysis and community dynamics. --Richard Ewbank, Climate Change Programme Coordinator


This book is a very timely attempt to analyse what adaptation actually looks like in practice and to set it in the context of climate change analysis and community dynamics.


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Rachel Berger was formerly the climate change policy adviser at Practical Action and is co-author of Understanding Climate Change Adaptation.

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