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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"Adaptive capacity"”.
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A Framework for Adaptive Capacity in Complex Systems
… these threats, complex systems need to be highly adaptive to survive and thrive in the face of adversity. Adaptive capacity gives the system the ability to adjust and cope with the new circumstances and conditions resulting from an adverse event.</p> <p>This research addresses the gap in the …
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Climate change governance: enhancing local authorities’ adaptive capacity
… authorities and explores ways to enhance their adaptive capacity. This is done through a multi-faceted approach. Climate change exposures were evaluated and ranked through an analysis of local policy documents such as the City and County Development Plans and Climate Change Strategies. An …
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Evaluating Adaptive Capacity to Climatic Extremes in Rural Zambia
… in developing countries can strengthen their adaptive capacity to weather extremes. After reviewing the literature on how climatic extremes impact welfare in the first chapter, the second chapter uses a systematic review of randomized and non-randomized studies to evaluate the effectiveness of …
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Human environment interactions and collaborative adaptive capacity building in a resilience framework
… Social Frame Work of Action - Collaborative Adaptive Capacity Building (PSFA-CACB) conceptual model. Using data from my field site I was able to partially inform a theoretical agent-based model Taking Care of the Land - Human Environment Interactions (TCL-HEI). Using the TCL-HEI model I was …
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The adaptive capacity of the management of cultural heritage sites to climate change
… the growing body of research on the concept of adaptive capacity, there is an absence of research which investigates adaptive capacity in the field of cultural heritage management. Climatic changes have potentially serious implications for the historic environment, which is itself a …
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The Role of Ecosystem Services and Adaptive Capacity in the Resilience of Poor Urban Areas
… of ecosystem services, or the key components of adaptive capacity in these areas. As urbanisation continues apace, it is of utmost importance that we understand how to build resilience in slums and informal settlements. This thesis contributes to this challenge by finding determinants of adaptive …
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Assessing the adaptive capacity of the Ontario wine industry to climate change: A case study
… needs to adapt to these challenges, but their capacity for this is unclear. To date, only a limited number of studies exist regarding the adaptive capacity of the wine industry to climate change. Accordingly, this study developed an adaptive capacity assessment framework for the wine industry. …
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A participatory approach to developing a holistic and interdisciplinary adaptive capacity index for urban livelihoods
… initiatives is challenging. Assessment of adaptive capacity has been used to focus, prioritise and track the progress of adaptation interventions as well as to identify key barriers to and opportunities for implementing adaptation. Many adaptive capacity assessments have relied on secondary …
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Building adaptive capacity to flood risk in Philippi, Cape Town, through infrastructure-led planning interventions
… solutions and contribute to building better adaptive capacity to flooding, for a rapidly growing population exposed to flooding and lacking adequate water infrastructure services. Utilizing policy review, key informant interviews, Census data, geospatial data mapping and observation, this …
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Water Demand, Adaptive Capacity, and Drought: an Analysis of the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon and California
… their goals and key policies; 2) conducts an adaptive capacity assessment of water management within the basin; and 3) makes future recommendations for water policy and management within the basin. To achieve these objectives content analysis, semi-structured interviews, and an event history …
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Gender and Climate Change: Use of the Livelihood Framework to Investigate Women's Adaptive Capacity in Mwanga District, Tanzania
… interlinked factors influences climate change adaptive capacity and livelihood strategies at the community, household and individual levels. Moreover, despite having limited access to livelihood assets and being overburdened with labor and responsibilities compared to men, the analysis …
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A dynamic assessment of adaptive capacity to climate change: A case study of water management in Makondo, Uganda
… people in Sub-Saharan Africa. I examine the adaptive capacity of people at the micro-scale of action and practice in rural Africa, in particular those in Makondo Parish, in the southwest of Uganda. The focus is on the way adaptive capacity emerges from the interaction of community members, …
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Adaptive capacity & resilience to natural disasters in Latin America : a case study on the 2007 Ica, Peru earthquake
… in southern Peru. The framework of complex adaptive systems offers insight into understanding human limitations to control an environment that is constantly far from equilibrium. Complexity science theory supports the study and the self-organization of communities in the process of coping …
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Managing the carnivore comeback: assessing the adaptive capacity of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to cohabit with humans in shared landscapes
… Western Europe. In order to properly assess the capacity of Eurasian lynx to live in highly populated areas, such as the Benelux, more detailed information on lynx distribution from continental European will be needed. However, our results underline the value of combining both correlational and …
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Leveraging improved seed technology, migration and climate information for building the adaptive capacity and resilience to climate risks in semi-arid regions
… in semiarid lands. These include the use of adaptive seed technology, migration as a livelihood diversification and adaptive strategy, and the use of climate information in farm decision-making. The second chapter evaluates the impact of improved adaptive seed technology on market …
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Climate change adaptation planning under uncertainty in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a case study on institutional vulnerability, adaptive capacity and climate change governance
… questions the dominant assumptions about the capacity of institutions and potential of adaptive planning. It argues that achieving a balance between climate change impacts and local government decision-making capacity is a vital for successful adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Urban …
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Assessing social-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity in the face of climate change: An examination of three communities in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem
… examines the social-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem through a suite of three case study communities and the impacts of climate change on the ecosystem's hydrologic regime. The Crown of the Continent Ecosystem spans the U.S.-Canadian border; …
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Adaptive capacity and the responses of local governance actors to evolutionary political-economic change: lessons from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership
This thesis critically examines how micro-level adaptive processes and capacities operate and unfold in local/regional economic development governance in the context of cumulative and often disruptive political-economic change. It argues that states often seek to promote the adaptability and growth …
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