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The effects on public health of climate change adaptation responses: A systematic review of evidence from low- And middle-income countries
(IOP Publishing, 2021)
Climate change adaptation responses are being developed and delivered in many parts of the world in the absence of detailed knowledge of their effects on public health. Here we present the results of a systematic review ...
Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
(2012-03-09)
In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that ...
Adaptation to the climate change and management of natural risks: searching for synthesis in urban planning
(PONTIFICA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE, INST GEOGRAFIA, 2016)
Since the late 1980s, a new vocabulary associated with concerns about climate change has emerged. Nevertheless, this article argues that the concepts used to describe urban adaptation are a part of the history of urban ...
Organizational adaptation to climate change: learning to anticipate energy disruptions
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2017)
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate how organizational learning (OL) affects the development of anticipatory adaptation to climate change in companies. Because the need to learn increases in circumstances of greater ...
‘Q-Storming’ to identify challenges and opportunities for integrating health and climate adaptation measures in Africa
(Elsevier, 2023)
Introduction: Climate factors influence the state of human health and wellbeing. Climate-related threats are particularly being experienced by vulnerable populations in Africa. A Question (Q)-Storming session was convened ...
Enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change: The case of smallholder farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-12-01)
Climate change is one of the main challenges faced by mankind in this century. Although developing countries have little historical responsibility for climate change, they are likely to be most affected by it since they ...
Farmers' Perceived Vulnerability and Proactive versus Reactive Climate Change Adaptation in Chile's Maule Region
(MDPI, 2021)
Changes in climatic conditions are unavoidable and irreversible and an early and effective adaptation in farming systems will be vital for resilient agriculture. Although the extant literature has described factors that ...