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Adapting water resources to climate change in Kiribati: the importance of cultural values and meanings
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In this article, the authors argue that fundamental to water management and adaptation planning is the integration of people's cultural values attached to the assets/resources they control and utilise in their efforts to adapt to various stresses on water resources.About:
This article is published in Environmental Science & Policy.The article was published on 2009-11-01. It has received 121 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adaptive capacity & Small Island Developing States.read more
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Weathering uncertainty traditional knowledge for climate change assessment and adaptation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look into the damaging effects of climate change on Indigenous cultures and marginalized populations, including small islands, high-altitude zones, desert margins and the circumpolar Arctic.
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Mental preparation for climate adaptation: The role of cognition and culture in enhancing adaptive capacity of water management in Kiribati
Natasha Kuruppu,Diana Liverman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the water sector must pay equal attention to how communities cognitively perceive the process of adaptation if interventions are to be effective, and adopt a cognitive model to gain such insights.
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Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge related to hydro-meteorological hazards and climate change with science, developed through a project implemented among coastal and small island communities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.
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Place identity and climate change adaptation: a synthesis and framework for understanding
TL;DR: In this paper, the contribution of place identity theory as a lens through which to systematically examine how person-place bonds influence climate change adaptation is outlined, and a working typology of three interconnected place identity approaches to help elucidate this relationship is provided.
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Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review
Sandra Fatorić,Erin Seekamp +1 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a systematic literature review methodology to identify and characterize the state of knowledge and how the cultural heritage and resources at risk from climate change are being explored globally, and found that scholarly interest in the topic is increasing, employs a wide range of research methods, and represents diverse natural and social science disciplines.
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TL;DR: The first volume of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report as mentioned in this paper was published in 2007 and covers several topics including the extensive range of observations now available for the atmosphere and surface, changes in sea level, assesses the paleoclimatic perspective, climate change causes both natural and anthropogenic, and climate models for projections of global climate.
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The Constitution of Society.
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