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Climate change and adaptation
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Earthscan
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c2008
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English
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1. stitch in time: General lessons from specific cases / Neil Leary, James Adejuwon, Vicente Barros, Punsalmaa Batima, Bonizella Biagini, Ian Burton, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Rex Cruz, Daniel Dabi, Alain de Comarmond, Bill Dougherty, Pauline Dube, Andrew Githeko, Ayman Abou Hadid, Molly Hellmuth, Richard Kangalawe, Jyoti Kulkarni, Mahendra Kumar, Rodel Lasco, Melchior Mataki, Mahmoud Medany, Mansour Mohsen, Gustavo Nagy, Momodou Njie, Jabavu Nkomo, Anthony Nyong, Balgis Osman-Elasha, El-Amin Sanjak, Roberto Seiler, Michael Taylor, Maria Travasso, Graham von Maltitz, Shem Wandiga and Monica Wehbe
2. Adapting conservation strategies to climate change in Southern Africa / Graham von Maltitz, Robert J. Scholes, Barend Erasmus and Anthony Letsoalo
3. Benefits and costs of adapting water planning and management to climate change and water demand growth in the Western Cape of South Africa / John M. Callaway, Daniel B. Louw, Jabavu C. Nkomo, Molly E. Hellmuth and Debbie A. Sparks
4. Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for coping with variable climate in the Limpopo basin of Botswana / Opha Pauline Dube and Mogodisheng B. M. Sekhwela
5. Community development and coping with drought in rural Sudan / Balgis Osman-Elasha, Nagmeldin Goutbi, Erika Spanger-Siegfried, Bill Dougherty, Ahmed Hanafi, Sumaya Zakieldeen, El-Amin Sanjak, Hassan A. Atti and Hashim M. Elhassan
6. Climate, malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region: Adapting to changing risks / Pius Yanda, Shem Wandiga, Richard Kangalawe, Maggie Opondo, Dan Olago, Andrew Githeko, Tim Downs, Robert Kabumbuli, Alfred Opere, Faith Githui, James Kathuri, Lydia Olaka, Eugene Apindi, Michael Marshall, Laban Ogallo, Paul Mugambi, Edward Kirumira, Robinah Nanyunja, Timothy Baguma, Rehema Sigalla and Pius Achola
7. Making economic sense of adaptation in upland cereal production systems in The Gambia / Momodou Njie, Bernard E. Gomez, Molly E. Hellmuth, John M. Callaway, Bubu P. Jallow and Peter Droogers
8. Past, present and future adaptation by rural households of northern Nigeria / Daniel D. Dabi, Anthony O. Nyong, Adebowale A. Adepetu and Vincent I. Ihemegbulem
9. Using seasonal weather forecasts for adapting food production to climate variability and climate change in Nigeria / James Oladipo Adejuwon, Theophilus Odeyemi Odekunle and Mary Omoluke Omotayo
10. Adapting dryland and irrigated cereal farming to climate change in Tunisia and Egypt / Raoudha Mougou, Ayman Abou-Hadid, Ana Iglesias, Mahmoud Medany, Amel Nafti, Riadh Chetali, Mohsen Mansour and Helmy Eid
11. Adapting to drought, zud and climate change in Mongolia's rangelands / Punsalmaa Batima, Bat Bold, Tserendash Sainkhuu and Myagmarjav Bavuu
12. Evaluation of adaptation options for the Heihe river basin of China / Yongyuan Yin, Zhongming Xu and Aihua Long
13. Strategies for managing climate risks in the lower Mekong river basin: A place-based approach / Suppakorn Chinvanno, Soulideth Souvannalath, Boontium Lersupavithnapa, Vichien Kerdsuk and Nguyen Thuan
14. Spillovers and trade-offs of adaptation in the Pantabangan-Carranglan watershed of the Philippines / Rodel D. Lasco, Rex Victor O. Cruz, Juan M. Pulhin and Florencia B. Pulhin
15. Top-down, bottom-up: Mainstreaming adaptation in Pacific island townships / Melchior Mataki, Kanayathu Koshy and Veena Nair
16. Adapting to dengue risk in the Caribbean / Michael A. Taylor, Anthony Chen, Samuel Rawlins, Charmaine Heslop-Thomas, Dharmaratne Amarakoon, Wilma Bailey, Dave Chadee, Sherine Huntley, Cassandra Rhoden and Roxanne Stennett
17. Adaptation to climate trends: Lessons from the Argentine experience / Vicente Barros
18. Local perspectives on adaptation to climate change: Lessons from Mexico and Argentina / Monica Wehbe, Halite Eakin, Roberto Seiler, Maria Vinocur, Cristian Avila, Cecilia Maurutto and Gerardo Sanchez Torres
19. Maize and soybean cultivation in southeastern South America: Adapting to climate change / Maria I. Travasso, Graciela O. Magrin, Walter E. Baethgen, Jose P. Castano, Gabriel R. Rodriguez, Jodo L. Pires, Agustin Gimenez, Gilberto Cunha and Mauricio Fernandes
20. Fishing strategies for managing climate variability and change in the estuarine front of the Rio de la Plata / Gustavo J. Nagy, Mario Bidegain, Ruben M. Caffera, Walter Norbis, Alvaro Ponce, Valentina Pshennikov and Dimitri N. Severov.
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