Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics - Softcover
Book 179 of 432: Green Energy and Technology
Synopsis
Climate services in the Tropics.- Climate planning in medium-size cities of the Tropics.- Setting up and managing automatic weather stations for remote sites monitoring: from Niger to Nepal.- Characterization of climate risks for rice crop in Casamance.- Climate change, drought and food security: a methodology for the vulnerability analysis. The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia.- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience.- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali.- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices.- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger.- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger.- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti.- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability.- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger.- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica).- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities.- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned.- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.
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