Community-based adaptation to climate change : emerging lessons
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Community-based adaptation to climate change : emerging lessons
Practical Action Pub., c2014
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As the world faces the reality of climate change, the urgent needs of communities vulnerable to the changing climate must be addressed. Communities need support in how to adapt; and this adaptation must be rooted in local realities, though supported at district, regional, national and international levels by policy frameworks, and technical and financial resources. Community-based adaptation (CBA), a concept developed in the late 1990s by academics, was taken on board by development NGOs. As an emerging field of work, one for which the scientific knowledge base is fast increasing, it is vital that development practice, and the understanding and capacity of those affected, develops in tandem. This book is written largely by practitioners and researchers from Asia, sub Saharan Africa and Mexico. It derives emerging lessons which will assist in advancing academic work, as well as policy and practice at government level in developing countries, and will deepen understanding and create a sound basis for wider application of CBA among policy makers and practitioners in NGOs and other organizations working on CBA, as well as researchers and students studying climate change adaptation.
Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction - community-based adaptation in context
- Rachel Berger and Jonathan Ensor
- 2 Power and politics in the governance of community-based adaptation
- Julian Yates
- 3 Rural livelihood diversification and adaptation to climate change
- Terry Cannon
- 4 Ecosystem-based adaptation
- Hannah Reid
- 5 Mexico: Assessing local adaptive capacity to climate change
- Alejandro C. Imbach and Priscila F. Prado
- 6 Kenya: Strengthening Food For Assets (FFA) Approach
- Victor A Orindi, Daniel Mbuvi and Joel Mutiso
- 7 Sudan: Economic analysis of a community-based adaptation project
- Muyeye Chambwera and Khitma Mohammed
- 8 South Africa: Growing rooibos and a stronger community
- Bettina Koelle and Katinka Waagsaether
- 9 Asia: Role of policy and institutions in adaptation planning: Experiences from the Hindu Kush Himalaya
- Neera Shrestha Pradhan and Nanki Kaur
- 10 Vietnam: Indigenous knowledge and experiences in adaptation to drought and saline intrusion in agriculture production
- Dang Thu Phuong
- 11 Bangladesh: Climate Change Adaptation Technology in Rice growing
- Golam Rabbani and Saleemul Huq
- 12 Conclusion
- Jonathan Ensor
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