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Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / [electronic resource] Dorte Verner, editor. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010. - xxii, 431 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm - Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development . - World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Water scarcity, climate change, and the poor -- Climate change, disaster hotspots, and asset erosion -- Agrarian livelihoods and climate change -- Coastal livelihoods and climate change -- Human health and climate change -- Migration and climate change -- Conflict and climate change -- Simulating the effects of climate change on poverty and inequality -- Building short-term coping capacity and longer-term resilience through asset-based adaptation -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780821382387 9780821383780 (electronic)

LCCN: 2010022087

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Latin America.
Climatic changes--Social aspects--Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes--Social aspects--Latin America.
Economic assistance.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Poverty--Caribbean Area.
Poverty--Latin America.

LC Class. No.: HC130.P6 / R43 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48