عنوان

Climate change and vulnerability /

(Number (ISBN

1844074692

(Number (ISBN

9781844074693

Number

b515617

Title Proper

Climate change and vulnerability /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Neil Leary ... [and others]

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Sterling, VA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Earthscan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 428 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I: Introduction -- For whom the bell tolls: vulnerabilities in a changing climate -- Part II: Natural Resource Systems -- Vulnerability of southern African biodiversity to climate change -- Forest responses to changing rainfall in the Philippines -- Vulnerability of Mongolia's pastoralists to climate extremes and changes -- Resource system vulnerability to climate stresses in the Heihe river basin of western China -- Part III: Coastal Areas -- Storm surges, rising seas and flood risks in metropolitan Buenos Aires -- Climate and water quality in the estuarine and coastal fisheries of Rio de la Plata -- Climate change and the tourism dependent economy of the Seychelles -- Part IV: Rural Economy and Food Security -- Household food security and climate change: comparisons from Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa and Mexico -- Vulnerability in Nigeria: a national-level assessment -- Vulnerability in the Sahelian zone of northern Nigeria: a household-level assessment -- Livelihoods and drought in Sudan -- Social vulnerability of farmers in Mexico and Argentina -- Climatica threat spaces in Mexico and Argentina -- Climate variability and extremes in the Pantabangan-Carranglan watershed of the Philippines: an assessment of vulnerability -- Climate risks and rice farming in the lower Mekong river basin -- Vulnerability of Sri Lankan tea plantations to climate change -- Part V: Human Health -- Vulnerability to climate-induced highland malaria in East Africa -- Vulnerability to dengue fever in Jamaica

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Climatic changes

Climatic changes-- Developing countries

Class number

Book number

Leary, Neil

Date of Transaction

20081217000000.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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