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Climate variability, climate change and social vulnerability in the semi-arid tropics

Richard H Hosier
- 01 Apr 1997 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 1, pp 82-83
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This article is published in Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions.The article was published on 1997-04-01. It has received 86 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Climate change & Arid.

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Adaptation to climate change in the developing world

W. Neil Adger, +3 more
- 01 Jul 2003 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the nature of risk and vulnerabil-ity in the context of climate change and review the evidence on present-day adaptation in developing countries and on coordinated international action on future adaptation, arguing that all societies are fundamentally adaptive and there are many situations in the past where societies have adapted to changes in climate and to similar risks.
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Adaptive capacity and human cognition: The process of individual adaptation to climate change

Torsten Grothmann, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a socio-cognitive model of private proactive adaptation to climate change (MPPACC) is proposed, which separates out the psychological steps to taking action in response to perception, and allows one to see where the most important bottlenecks occur.
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Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity

WN Adger, +8 more
TL;DR: Enright et al. as discussed by the authors presented the Enright-Fankhauser-Gabel-Nantel-Klein model, which is based on the work of the authors of this paper.
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Social Vulnerability to Climate Change and Extremes in Coastal Vietnam

W. Neil Adger
- 01 Feb 1999 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for analyzing social vulnerability is outlined, an aspect largely underemphasized in assessments of the impacts of climate change and climate extremes, which is defined as the exposure of individuals or collective groups to livelihood stress as a result of environmental change.
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Does Adaptive Management of Natural Resources Enhance Resilience to Climate Change

Emma L. Tompkins, +1 more
- 15 Oct 2004 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that societies and communities dependent on natural resources need to enhance their capacity to adapt to the impacts of future climate change, particularly when such impacts could lie outside their experienced coping range.