Mapping Climate Vulnerability and Poverty in Africa
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Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9291461830
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Adaptive Strategies in African Arid Lands
Author: Mette Bovin
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFood Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Stephen Devereux
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.
Marginality
Author: Joachim von Braun
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-08-19
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9400770618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a root cause of poverty and deprivation. “Marginality” is the position of people on the edge, preventing their access to resources, freedom of choices, and the development of capabilities. The book is research based with original empirical analyses at local, national, and local scales; book contributors are leaders in their fields and have backgrounds in different disciplines. An important message of the book is that economic and ecological approaches and institutional innovations need to be integrated to overcome marginality. The book will be a valuable source for development scholars and students, actors that design public policies, and for social innovators in the private sector and non-governmental organizations.
Household Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions: Options and Constraints
Author: B.M. Campbell
Publisher: CIFOR
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9798764781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study sites. Methods. The wealth index and its variation. Human, financial, physical and natural capital - the essets available to households. Households productive activities - the generation of cash and subsistence gross income. Exploring household strategies. Net income and poverty. Temporal changes in livelihood strategies. Modelling livelihood change. Making a difference.
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-05-28
Total Pages: 593
ISBN-13: 1107025060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExtreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: World Bank
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 324
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Farming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789251046272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Dryland Opportunities
Author: Michael Mortimore
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrylands cover 41 percent of the earth' s terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation. This book aims to apply the new scientific insights on complex dryland systems to practical options for development. A new dryland paradigm is built on the resources and capacities of dryland peoples, on new and emergent economic opportunities, on inward investment, and on the best support that dryland science can offer.
