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Ian Burton

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  82
Citations -  15224

Ian Burton is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Vulnerability. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 81 publications receiving 14596 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian Burton include Meteorological Service of Canada & University of South Florida.

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Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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The environment as hazard

TL;DR: The Environment as Hazard as discussed by the authors offers an understanding of how people around the world deal with dramatic fluctuations in the local natural systems of air, water, and terrain, through vivid examples from a broad sample of countries, this volume illuminates the range of experiences associated with natural hazards.
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An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an "anatomy of adaptation" to systematically specify and differentiate adaptations, based upon three questions: (i) adapt to what? (ii) who or what adapts? and (iii) how does adaptation occur?
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Adaptation Policy Frameworks For Climate Change: Developing Strategies, Policies And Measures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a case study of the adaptation process in the context of socio-economic conditions and assess current and changing socioeconomic conditions in terms of climate adaptation.