A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9780415519298 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 238 str.

Tim Magee

Opis

If experienced development organizations are finding it difficult to solve decades-old development problems, how will they additionally solve new challenges driven by climate change? This book illustrates how including community members in project design and co-management leads to long-lasting, successful achievement of development and adaptation goals.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Local Context  1. Community: Local Need  2. Community: Local Climate Knowledge  3. Climate: Scientific Climate Information  4. Challenge: Local Context  Part 2: Design  5. Solution: Adaptation Activities  6. Project: Management & Funding Tools  Part 3: Sustainable Implementation  7. Launch: Partnering with the Community  8. Sustainability: Capacity Building for Community Takeover  9. Impact: Milestones into the Future  Part 4: Tools and Field Guides  10. Tools and Field Guides  Part 5: Resources

O autorze

Tim Magee is the Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Inc., and is based in Guatemala. He has provided online instruction on community-centered, sustainable development to practitioners from 380 organizations in 129 countries. Howard White is the Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). He is also Adjunct Professor at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration International Development Coordinating Group and Managing Editor of the Journal of Development Studies and the Journal of Development Effectiveness.