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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"adaptation measures"”.
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Climate change adaptation measures in agriculture : a case of conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Kalomo District of Zambia
… decades into the future, unless corrective or adaptation measures are implemented to reduce the impact on agriculture. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is one of the climate change and weather variability adaptation measures being promoted for SSFs in Kalomo District of Zambia. CA is not only …
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Experience and perceptions of climate change-related hazards, and the dynamics of technology-based adaptations in water use in Bangladesh: the case of Satkhira communities
… challenge, the adoption and implementation of adaptation measures have emerged as the most effective and viable approach. Individual perception significantly influences the willingness to adopt adaptation measures, where technology-based adaptation measures can mitigate the climate …
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Driving forces and barriers for adaption strategies against the urban heat stress hazard in Berlin, Germany
… to the issues of heat stress and climate adaptation, CO2 reduction remains the primary focus of public policy. Whether cities are ready to take on the challenge of responding to these threats is a significant concern for the future. Germany is known for having numerous regulations, laws, …
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Assessment of the vulnerability of Ethiopian agriculture to climate change and farmers’ adaptation strategies
… The second theme analysed determinants of adaptation measures and factors influencing the perceptions of climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Three approaches are employed to address the above themes. The first approach is the vulnerability to expected poverty approach. It is based …
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Climate Justice and the Distribution and Scarce Resources
… global climate policy options of mitigation and adaptation are both characterized by the question of how to fairly distribute a scarce resource. Adaptation measures aim to prevent the materialisation of future climate risks that threaten the lives, health, homes, and economic prospects of many …
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Policy options for climate change loss and damage: A case study from Fijian agriculture
… slow-onset events despite the implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures. Given this context, this thesis aims to identify institutional and policy gaps in the understanding of L&D and critically evaluate opportunities for policy, planning, and funding mechanisms for anthropogenic …
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"""Agilos"": A Middleware Control Architecture for Application -Aware Quality of Service Adaptations"
… end-to-end delay may obstruct desired accurate adaptation measures. We devised an optimal state prediction approach to estimate current states based on available state observations. Finally, we present a gateway-centric approach that facilitates on-the-fly reconfiguration of client-server …
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Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon Under Climate Variability in the Semi-Arid West African Sahel (1960-2050)
… is of considerable interest for mitigation and adaptation measures in response to climate change. A combination of remote sensing analyses, qualitative social survey techniques, and biogeochemical modeling was used to study the relationships between climate change, LCLU change and soil organic …
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Is Alberta doing enough? A critical evaluation of the specified gas emitters regulation
… in 2012. As part of a series of climate change adaptation measures, the Government of Alberta instituted an energy intensity-based carbon regulation, Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER), in 2007. The policy is considered to be unique in the wold. It comprises market-oriented trading schemes …
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Coastal communities and climate change : a dynamic model of risk perception, storms, and adaptation
… My research aims to improve coastal impact and adaptation assessments, which inform climate and adaptation policies. I relax previous assumptions of probabilistic annual storm damage and rational economic expectations-variables in previous studies that are suspect, given the stochastic nature of …
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On the Edge: Climate change impacts on Irish coastal promontory forts
… of archaeological site and change records. The adaptation measure of managing loss through the creation of the record and excavation is detailed within this study. The results of the excavation are detailed illustrating how this measure informs on a previously poorly understood archaeological …
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Missouri Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Adaptation Strategies and the Adoption and Diffusion of Market-Oriented Risk Management Strategies
… and variability in relation to their adoption of adaptation strategies. Using a combination of geospatial and statistical analysis, it examines the similarities and differences in on-farm and off-farm adaptation behavior stratified by farmers perception of climate change occurring or not …
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The role of place attachment in proactive and reactive adaptation to flood risk
… with! place! in! reactive!and! proactive! adaptation! to! flood! risk! in! England.! There! is! currently! little! research! into! how! floods! affect! relationship! with! place! and! how! this! relationship! may! determine! adaptive! behaviour.! As! the! social! limits! to! adaptation! …
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Entrepreneurship-based factors to foster climate adaptation among Indigenous communities
Entrepreneurship-based factors to foster climate adaptation among Indigenous communities Indunil Prabodha Dharmasiri Ebawala Pitiyalage ABSTRACT (ACADEMIC) This thesis investigates the factors that cause the emergence of entrepreneurship to foster climate adaptation responses among Indigenous …
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Indigenous women's experiences and responses to climate change: insights from Sri Lanka
… systems. Locally specific climate change adaptation measures are crucial to increase resilience and minimize vulnerability of Indigenous communities to climate change. Scholarly research has studied the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples around the world, yet there is a lack …
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Climate change impacts on electricity and residential energy demand
… change and a key sector for climate protection measures. Energy security is the backbone of our modern society and guarantees the functioning of most critical infrastructure. Thus, decision makers and energy suppliers of different countries should be familiar with the factors that increase or …
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Formulating an FM strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation of commercial built assets
… impacts of climate change will require adaptation measures to be implemented for the management of existing commercial built assets if they are to continue to fulfil their primary function and support every organisation’s business operations. However, it is not clear as to how far …
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Resilient Hospital Refurbishment
… be particularly challenging when they relate to measures aimed at adapting buildings to future climate change. Specifically, there may be little enthusiasm for expenditure devoted to future needs, when funding is insufficient to meet today’s urgent priorities. Where Trusts have large portfolios …
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The values underpinning Iceland's food system risk : implications for resilience planning
… Yet Iceland has no contingency plan, and adaptation measures are absent from national climate change reports. While this gap could be perceived as negligence, to do so assumes a universalistic framework for risk and resilience -- a trend currently seen in the global proliferation of …
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