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Research and Markets: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation: Policy Guidance
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-02-03 02:18Summary:
OECD Publishing
August 2009
194 pages
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation: Policy Guidance" report to their offering.
The negative impacts of climate change will hit poor people and poor countries disproportionately, and further compromise the achievement of their development objectives.
Climate Change: Learning from Grassroots Coping Strategies
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-12-11 03:49
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Built-in resilience: learning from grassroots coping strategies Fifth Urban Research Symposium 2009
This paper attempts to establish the relations between adaptation, disaster risk reduction and coping strategies for urban areas. It summarizes some of the existing coping strategies of the urban poor in Korail area – the largest informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper discusses how local planning, adaptation, and governance mechanisms can support the existing coping strategies in urban areas.
