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" Climate change and vulnerability / "
edited by Neil Leary ... [and others]
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BL
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693428
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b515617
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| Title & Author
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Climate change and vulnerability /\ edited by Neil Leary ... [and others]
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Sterling, VA :: Earthscan,, 2008
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xviii, 428 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1844074692
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: 9781844074693
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Part I: Introduction -- For whom the bell tolls: vulnerabilities in a changing climate -- Part II: Natural Resource Systems -- Vulnerability of southern African biodiversity to climate change -- Forest responses to changing rainfall in the Philippines -- Vulnerability of Mongolia's pastoralists to climate extremes and changes -- Resource system vulnerability to climate stresses in the Heihe river basin of western China -- Part III: Coastal Areas -- Storm surges, rising seas and flood risks in metropolitan Buenos Aires -- Climate and water quality in the estuarine and coastal fisheries of Rio de la Plata -- Climate change and the tourism dependent economy of the Seychelles -- Part IV: Rural Economy and Food Security -- Household food security and climate change: comparisons from Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa and Mexico -- Vulnerability in Nigeria: a national-level assessment -- Vulnerability in the Sahelian zone of northern Nigeria: a household-level assessment -- Livelihoods and drought in Sudan -- Social vulnerability of farmers in Mexico and Argentina -- Climatica threat spaces in Mexico and Argentina -- Climate variability and extremes in the Pantabangan-Carranglan watershed of the Philippines: an assessment of vulnerability -- Climate risks and rice farming in the lower Mekong river basin -- Vulnerability of Sri Lankan tea plantations to climate change -- Part V: Human Health -- Vulnerability to climate-induced highland malaria in East Africa -- Vulnerability to dengue fever in Jamaica
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Climatic changes
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Climatic changes-- Developing countries
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QC981.8.C5C5625 2008
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Leary, Neil
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