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Climate variability, climate change, and social vulnerability in the semi-arid tropics
- Title
- Climate variability, climate change, and social vulnerability in the semi-arid tropics / edited by Jesse C. Ribot, Antonio Rocha Magalhães, Stahis S. Panagides.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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- Description
- xiii, 175 pages : illustrations, maps; 31 cm
- Subject
- Climatic changes > Social aspects > Tropics > Congresses
- Arid regions climate > Social aspects > Congresses
- Sustainable development > Tropics > Congresses
- Climatology > Social aspects
- Climatic changes > Social aspects
- Sustainable development
- Halbwüste
- Klimaschwankung
- Klimaänderung
- Semiarides Gebiet
- Sozialer Wandel
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- Umweltverträglichkeit
- Nachhaltigkeit
- Verwundbarkeit
- Klimaatveranderingen
- Sociale ontwikkeling
- Economische aspecten
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- CLIMATE
- SOCIAL FACTORS
- ARID LANDS
- CONFERENCES
- Climatic changes > Social aspects > Tropics
- Arid regions climate > Social aspects
- Sustainable development > Tropics
- Climat > Changements > Congrès. > Régions tropicales sèches
- Développement durable > Régions tropicales sèches > Congrès
- Climat aride > Aspect social > Congrès
- Tropics > Climate > Social aspects > Congresses
- Tropics
- Tropen
- Semi-aride gebieden
- TROPICAL REGIONS
- Régions tropicales sèches > Climat > Congrès
- Fortaleza <1992>
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Credits (note)
- " ... draws from the ... presentations at the International Conference on Impacts of Climatic Variations and Sustainable Development in Semi-Arid Regions (ICID) held in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil, 27 January to 1 February 1992"--Preface.
- Contents
- Introduction : climate variability, climate change and vulnerability : moving forward / Jesse C. Ribot -- pt. I Overview : Climate variation, vulnerability and sustainable development in the semi-arid tropics / Jesse C. Ribot, Adil Najam, Gabrielle Watson -- pt. II Climate variation, climate change and society : Climate change and variability in Mexico / Karen O'Brien, Diana Liverman -- The impact of climate variation and sustainable development in the Sudano-Sahelian region / Fredrick Joshua Wang'ati -- Climate change and sustainable development in China's semi-arid regions / Zong-ci Zhao -- Settlement advance and retreat : a century of experience on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia / R. Les Heathcote -- pt. III Climate variability and vulnerability : causality and response : Drought follows the plow : cultivating marginal areas / Michael H. Glantz -- Amazonia and the Northeast : the Brazilian tropics and sustainable development / Jan Bitoun, Leonardo Guimarães Neto, Tania Bacelar de Araújo -- Reducing the impacts of drought : progress toward risk management / Donald W. Wilhite -- pt. IV The international conference on the impacts of climate variations and sustainable development in semi-arid regions (ICID) : Declaration of Fortaleza -- Highlights of working group discussions and recommendations.
- ISBN
- 0521480744
- 9780521480741
- 9780511608308
- 0511608306
- LCCN
- 95001625
- OCLC
- ocm32012871
- 32012871
- SCSB-14159765
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library