Climate Change and Adaptation

Foreword by R. K. Pachauri * A Stitch in Time: General Lessons from Specific Cases * Adapting Conservation Strategies to Climate Change in Southern Africa * Benefits and Costs of Adapting Water Planning and Management to Climate Change and Water Demand Growth in the Western Cape of South Africa * Indigenous Knowledge, Institutions and Practices for Coping with Variable Climate in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana * Community Development and Coping with Drought in Rural Sudan * Climate, Malaria and Cholera in the Lake Victoria Region: Adapting to Changing Risks * Making Economic Sense of Adaptation in Upland Cereal Production Systems in The Gambia * Past, Present and Future Adaptation by Rural Households of Northern Nigeria * Using Seasonal Weather Forecasts for Adapting Food Production to Climate Variability and Climate Change in Nigeria * Adapting Dryland and Irrigated Cereal Farming to Climate Change in Tunisia and Egypt * Adapting to Drought, Zud and Climate Change in Mongolia's Rangelands * Evaluation of Adaptation Options for the Heihe River Basin of China * Strategies for Managing Climate Risks in the Lower Mekong River Basin: A Place-based Approach * Spillovers and Trade-offs of Adaptation in the Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed of the Philippines * Top-down, Bottom-up: Mainstreaming Adaptation in Pacific Island Townships * Adapting to Dengue Risk in the Caribbean * Adaptation to Climate Trends: Lessons from the Argentine Experience * Local Perspectives on Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons from Mexico and Argentina * Maize and Soybean Cultivation in Southeastern South America: Adapting to Climate Change * Fishing Strategies for Managing Climate Variability and Change in the Estuarine Front of the R o de la Plata * Index