Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics
Published on 13. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-521-01947-7 (ISBN)
Description
Climate fluctuations can trigger events that lead to mass migration, hunger and famine. Rather than attributing the blame to nature, the contributors look at the underlying causes of social vulnerability, such as the processes and organisation of society in the semi-arid tropics. Past and present susceptibility to destitution, hunger, and famine in the face of climate variability can teach us about the potential future consequences of climate change. By understanding why individuals, households, nations, and regions are vulnerable, and how they have buffered themselves against climatic and environmental fluctuations, present and future vulnerability can be redressed. Through 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
34 Tables, unspecified; 54 Maps; 61 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-01947-7 (9780521019477)
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Additional editions
Jesse C. Ribot | Antonio Rocha Magalhaes | Stahis Panagides
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics
Book
06/1996
Cambridge University Press
€71.80
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Previous edition
Jesse C. Ribot | Antonio Rocha Magalhaes | Stahis Panagides
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics
Book
06/1996
Cambridge University Press
€71.80
Article exhausted; check for reprint
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Content
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.