CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AND DEVELOPMENT

CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AND DEVELOPMENT

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Introduction Joel B. Smith, Richard J. T. Klein and Saleemul Huq	1
From Adaptation to Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability Reduction Barry Smit and Olga Pilifosova	9
Social Aspects of Adaptive Capacity W. Neil Adger	29
Adaptive Capacity: What Does It Mean in the Context of Natural Hazards? John Handmer	51
Lessons from Famine Early Warning and Food Security for Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change: Toward a Vulnerability/Adaptation Science? Thomas E. Downing	71
Assessing Vulnerability in the Context of Changing Socioeconomic Conditions: A Study of Egypt Gary Yohe, Kenneth Strzepek, Tammy Pau and Courtney Yohe	101
Do We Have the Adaptive Capacity to Develop and Use the Adaptive Capacity to Adapt? Ian Burton	137
The Legal Framework of Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity Roda Verheyen	163
Adaptation Funding—Legal and Institutional Issues Roda Verheyen	191
Adaptative Capacity: The Philippines Coastal Resources Experience Rosa T. Perez	217
Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change in Tlaxcala, Mexico Cecilia Conde and Hallie Eakin	241
Engaging Africa in Adaptation to Climate Change Chris H. D. Magadza	261
Adaptation, Sustainable Development and Equity: The Case of Pakistan Shaheen Rafi Khan	285
Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries to Adapt to Climate Change: A Policy Relevant Research Agenda Richard J. T. Klein and Joel B. Smith	317
BACK MATTER	335
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