Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Opiew Olock Opiew Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 88 ISBN: 9783659311062
Описание
Climate change is considered as a major problem as it threatens life, livelihoods, and life supporting systems. Climate change can jeopardize the livelihoods of many people, particularly where its impacts are compounded by other factors or where the existing poverty makes it particularly difficult to cope with its effects. This book, therefore, provides different types of coping and adaptation strategies in rural settings with low adaptive capacity. The effects of climate change on different climate change were analyzed. Moreover constraints faced by rural community in confronting climate change effects and/or impacts were examined. Most of the constraints are of institutional support systems. Thus, it should be useful to professionals in Rural and Agricultural Development fields and others who may be carrying out policy and development interventions to improve the adaptive capacity of the rural households in the ever changing climatic conditions and the impacts which may arise from...
