Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : [electronic resource] social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / Dorte Verner, editor.
Contributor(s): Verner, Dorte
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TextSeries: Directions in development. Environment and sustainable developmentPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010Description: xxii, 431 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780821382387; 9780821383780 (electronic)Subject(s): 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 AmericaAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 303.48 LOC classification: HC130.P6 | R43 2010Online resources: home 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.
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