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Climate Adaptation

14 Nov 2016

Furthermore, we would like to thank the community-based champions in each of the 17 communities that went out of their way to discuss in person and over the phone why and how they took action to reduce vulnerability in their own communities. [...] We provided advice and guidance to The Kresge in the case studies are invaluable at this stage of the Foundation and the Abt Associates research team on the development of the adaptation field. [...] The Our purpose in conducting an empirical assessment was intent of the project was to conduct a critical assessment to develop a sense of the state-of-the-practice of climate of community-based adaptation through a project that change adaptation through a review of selected techni- had both methodological breadth and depth. [...] The for new structures in flood and coastal zones to reduce Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change defines the sensitivity of those structures to tidal and coastal sensitivity as the degree that a system is affected by flooding, as well as to sea-level rise. [...] Leaders and supply a vision for change; the ability to work in a often needed to rally the support of a broader coalition coalition; and the ability to sustain efforts over a long of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, elected offi- period of time to enact change.
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9780660042626
Pages
264
Published in
Sudbury, ON, CA

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