Handbook of Climate Change Resilience

ISBN-13: 9783319933351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 2826 str.

Walter Leal

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Sequestrated Carbon Content in Tree Species and Diurnal Temperature Influence for Adaptive Climate Change Resilience in Nigeria Climate Resilience in African Coastal Areas: Scaling Up Institutional Capabilities in the Niger Delta Region Livelihood Resilience of the Indigenous Munda Community in the Bangladesh Sundarbans Forest Building Community Capacity in Fragile Environments: Case Study of the Mara Serengeti Ecosystem Building Resilience of Urban Ecosystems and Communities to Sea-Level Rise: Jamaica Bay, New York City Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in the Czech Republic Water Management as a Means for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development Urbanization, Climate Linked Water Vulnerability as Impediments to Gender Equality: A Case Study of Delhi, India Vulnerability of Uganda’s Electricity Sector to Climate Change: An Integrated Systems Analysis Managing the Increasing Heat Stress in Rural Areas Resettlement and Relocation Options for Coastal Communities Building Resilience to Climate Change: Water Stewardship in Rainfed Agrarian Villages in Maharashtra, India Resilience in Climate Stressed Environment Through Water Grabbing Impacts of Some Climatic Factors on Soil Quality of Tropical Acid-Sand Soils Bioremediation Effects of Nitrogen Fixing Trees on Nutrients and Heavy Metals in Spent Engine Oil Polluted Soil Building Vulnerable Islander Resilience to Natural Hazard: A Participatory Approach Climate Variability and Water Availability in Riparian Rural Communities of the Ebrié Lagoon in Côte d’Ivoire Microbial Inoculants for Improving Carbon Sequestration in Agroecosystems to Mitigate Climate Change Area Exclosure as a Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation: Case Study from Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation in the Building Sector of New York State Biodiversity, Ecosystem Degradation, and Climate Change Effects on Livelihoods in the Bitumen Area of Nigeria Climate Change and Coastal Resilience in Nigeria Drivers of Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Southwest Nigeria Tradition Versus Climate Change: Cultural Importance of Indigenous Fruit Tree and Adaptation in Benin, West Africa Forest Cover Change and Its Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Katimok Forest Reserve, Baringo County, Kenya Ecotourism as an Adaptation Strategy for Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Local Communities Around Protected Areas in Ghana Influence of REDD+ Pilot Project on Livelihoods of Mangrove Forest Adjacent Communities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Impact of Climate Change on Health: Evidence from Multi-stakeholders in the Western Region of Cameroon Ecological Limits: Implications for Sustainable Human Capital Development Relationship Between Climate Change, Natural Disaster, and Resilience in Rural and Urban Societies Resilience of Greek Communities Hosting Climate Migrants: The Perceptions of Environmental Educators Effect of Climate Variability on Crop Income in Central Highlands of Ethiopia Sustainability of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria Climate and Climate Change Scenarios in the Indian Thar Region Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Gender Perspectives from a Participatory Vulnerability Assessment in Mountainous Rural Vietnam Climate Change: Depression in Egg Production in Chickens During the Hot Season with Long-Term Honey Administration Climate Variability and Change in Guinea Savannah Ecological Zone, Nigeria: Assessment of Cattle Herders’ Responses Assessment of the Degree of Households’ Vulnerability to Climate Variability in Nigeria Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Women in Nile Delta, Egypt Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: An Appraisal Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaption Under the Small Farming Households of Konso Community, Southern Ethiopia Role of Climate Justice in Strengthening Adaptive Capacities in Developing Countries Toward Climate Resilient African Indigenous Vegetable Production in Kenya Agricultural Impacts of the 2015/2016 Drought in Ethiopia Using High-Resolution Data Fusion Methodologies Intensifying Maize Production Under Climate Change Scenarios in Central West Burkina Faso Fertilization Strategies Based on Climate Information to Enhance Food Security Through Improved Dryland Cereals Production Drip Watering Regimes on Growth Performance, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency of Sorghum in Semi-Arid Environment of Tanzania: Effects Managing Vulnerability to Drought and Enhancing Smallholder Farmers Resilience to Climate Change Risks in Zimbabwe Building Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Community Resilience Against Drought in the Context of the Paris Agreement: The Case of Isiolo County, Kenya Climate Change Adaptation among Female-Led Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study from Kenya Assessment of Barriers to Food Security in North-Eastern Nigeria Rural Farmers’ Adaptation Decision to Climate Change in Niger Delta Region, Nigeria Economic Viability of Alternative Small-Scale Irrigation Systems Used in Vegetables Production in Koulikoro and Mopti Regions, Mali Cultivar Selection and Management Strategies for Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet in Africa Introduction of a Biodiversity Farming Concept in Amuru District, Uganda Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) Solutions for Smallholder Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Zambia Multidimensional Framework for Achieving Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Nigeria Potential of Smart Aquaculture Technologies on Improving Fish Production in Malawi Climate Change and Variability in the Mixed Crop/Livestock Production Systems of Central Ethiopian Highland Impact of Smart Crop-Livestock Diversification as Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Farmers’ Living Conditions, Tahoua State, Niger Republic Climate Change Implication on Airborne Infections: Roadmap for Nigeria’s Health Sector Development Herdsmen on the Move: The Burdens of Climate Change and Environmental Migration in Nigeria Assessing Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Production and Commercialization of Bambara Groundnut as an Indigenous Climate Resilient Crop in Nigeria Perceptions of Challenges Facing Pastoral Small Ruminant Production in a Changing Climate in Kenya Assessment of Climatic Variability Effect on Millet Production and Yield Climate Change Vulnerability Among Pastoralists and Farmers in Ethiopia Domestic Water and Disaster Management Legislation: A Key Tool for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement in LDCs Enhancing Resilience of Livelihoods and Production Systems to Climate Variability and Other Related Risks in Africa Financing Projects for Improving Climate Change Resilience: The Cases of Djibouti and Yemen Fostering Climate-Resilient Biodiversity Framework in West Africa and Implications for Regional Development Causes and Impacts of Climate Change in Asia Pacific: Integrated Responses and Need for Change in Decision Making in Australia Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans to Support Climate-Resilient Development in the Eastern African Highlands Working Together to Build Climate Resilience in Hudson Riverfront Communities Planning and Climate Change in Serbia: Integrated Responses to the Causes and Impacts Urban Climate Change Vulnerability, Responses, and Policies in Qatar: An Assessment From Vulnerability Assessments to Low/No Regret Resilience Planning in Rural Contexts Quality Management System for Climate Change Adaptation for the Tri-City Area Bergisches Städtedreieck Resilience to Extreme Events in the City of La Paz, Mexico Institutional Barriers in Local Adaptation Policies Environmental Sustainability and Systems Thinking: A Foundation for More Effective Climate Policy Policy and Institutional Dimensions in Climate-Smart Agriculture Adoption: Case of Rural Communities in Zimbabwe Climate Change and Population Growth in Pastoral Communities of Ngorongoro District, Tanzania Determinants of Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies at Farm Plot Level: An Assessment from Southern Tanzania Understanding Kenyan Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climatic Variability to Build their Resilience Mitigating and Adapting to “Arid” Climate Extremes: Impacts of Locally Prioritized Ecosystem-Based Adaptations at the Water-Energy Nexus Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems Climate Change Adaptation Through Science-Farmer-Policy Dialogue in Mali Livestock Market Improvement with Anthropological Approach in Drought Resilience Project in Northern Kenya Determinants of Household Food Security Status and Challenges of Building Resilience to Climate Variability and Change Posed by Drought in Tharaka Nithi, Kenya Implications for Mitigation and Adaptation Measures: Rice Farmers’ Response and Constraints to Climate Change in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State Building Eco-Social Resilience in Rural Communities: Benefits of Permaculture Pedagogy and Praxis Climate Finance as a Catalyst for Initiating an African Green Revolution to Enhance Drought Resilience: Policy Prospects and Challenges Green Bonds: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Nigeria Isolation as a Barrier for the Climate Change Actions of Insurers Early Warning System and Ecosystem- Based Adaptation to Prevent Flooding in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria Effects of Mentoring and Field Study Instructional Strategies on Students’ Climate Change Reduction Practices in Social Studies in Lagos State Strengthening Climate Change Adaptation in the Cities of West Africa: Policy Implications for Urban Resilience Climate Change Awareness and Adaptation Measures Among Farmers in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria Sustainability and the Effectiveness of BNRCC Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to Address Climate Change Impact in Nigeria Protecting climate change induced internally displaced persons in Africa: Relevance of the Kampala Convention Leveraging Best Practices for Climate Adaptation in the West African Sahel: The Emergence of Global Alliance for Resilience Governance Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Didahara, Borana, Southern Ethiopia Urban Water Reclamation with Resource Recovery as a Cornerstone of Urban Climate Change Resilience Gender Analysis Approach to Analyzing Gender Differentiated Impacts of Coping Strategies to Climate Change Addressing Slow Onset Disasters: Lessons from the 2015–2016 El Niño in the Philippines Climate Change Resilience: Role of Insurers in Bridging the Gap Between Climate Change Science and Heterogeneous Stakeholders Climate-Proof Retrofitting of Urban Areas for the Same Cost Persuading Pacific Maritime Supply Chain Stakeholders To Prioritise Climate Change Resilience Fostering Climate Smartness in Smallholder Farming Systems: Business Promotional Approaches for Improved Maize Varieties in Eastern and Southern Africa Innovation Systems to Adapt to Climate Change: Lessons from the Kenyan Coffee and Dairy Sectors Optimizing Outputs of Nigerian Research Institutes to Achieve National Food Security in the Face of Climate Change Saline Agriculture: A Climate Smart Integrated Approach for Climate Change Resilience in Degraded Land Areas Discussion with Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria on Climate Change and Agriculture Cross-Disciplinary Drivers: Benefit to Smallholder Farmers and to Achieve SDGs by Various Means Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices in Different Agro-ecological Zones of Bangladesh Agro-Met Services and Farmer Responsiveness to Advisories: Implications for Climate Smart Agriculture Vulnerability and Adaptation Levels of the Construction Industry in Kenya to Climate Change Drought-Tolerant Crops in Kirinyaga County, Kenya: Climate-Smart Agriculture Adaptation Strategies Effect of Mulching on Soil Temperature and Moisture for Potato Production in Agro-Ecological Zones of Central Highlands of Kenya Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Systematic Review of Interventions, Impacts, and Challenges Seasonal Climate Forecasts Among Farmers in Nigeria: Assessment of the Usability Asphalt Making Potential of Pyrolytic Bitumen from Waste Rubber Tyres: An Adaptive Measure to Climate Change Local Knowledge of Climate Change Among Arable Farmers in Selected Locations in Southwestern Nigeria Adaptation of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Crop Yield to Climate Change in Eastern Dryland of Sudan Agriculture in the Face of Climate-Mediated Flooding in Tropical Africa: Technical Innovations of Fish Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria Investigation of Rainfall Characteristics in Sudano-Sahelian Region of Nigeria (1971–2006) Climate Change Adaptation: Adoption of GMOs in Africa Climate Smart Adaptations in the African Tropics: Scaling Weather Information for Decision Support Outcomes in Nigeria Savannahs Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development: Lessons for Nigeria Enhancing the Capacity of Vulnerable Community to Climate Change: Role of Quality Declared Seed Production Model in Semi-Arid Areas of Central Tanzania Assessment of Information on Successful Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices/Innovations in Tanzania Impact of Climate Change on Growing Season in Nigeria: Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) as Assessment and Adaptation Tool Educating Farmers in Rural Areas on Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainability in Nigeria Water Harvesting Technology for Enhancing Food Security Livelihood: The Case of Northern Katsina State, Nigeria

O autorze

Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DL, DLitt, DEd) is Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and holds the Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a Lead Author at AR6´s Working Group II (Climate Change Adaptation) at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), founding editor of the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, and heads the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme (ICCIRP). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Climate Change Management series with Springer. Prof. Walter Leal serves on the editorial board of various journals. He has in excess of 400 publications to his credit, among which are ground-breaking books such as “Universities and Climate Change”, “The Economic, Social and Political Aspects of Climate Change”,  the “Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation” and the “Handbook of Climate Change Communication”.  He has nearly 30  years of field experience on project management, and has a particular interest in the connections between sustainability, climate change adaptation, and human behaviour.