Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels (English)

Effective planning for climate change adaptation programming in developing countries requires a fine-grained assessment of local vulnerabilities, practices and adaptation options and preferences. While global models can project climate impacts and estimate costs of expected investments, developing country decision-makers also require national assessments that take a bottom-up, pro-poor perspective, integrate across sectors, and reflect local stakeholders'...

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Kuriakose,Anne T.;

Bizikova, Livia ;

Bachofen,Carina Andrea;
Document Date
2009/05/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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51412
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels
Keywords
climate change impact

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Kuriakose,Anne T.; Bizikova, Livia ; Bachofen,Carina Andrea.

Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels (English). Social development working papers ; no. 116. Social dimensions of climate change Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/207581468155121536

Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels (English)

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