Climate change and extreme weather events: can developing countries adapt?

By M. Mirza. 2003

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science

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Adaptation and development: Livelihoods and climate change in Subarnabad, Bangladesh (2009, background): “able to other stresses (Kates, 2000; O’Brien and Leichenko, 2000; Smit and Pilifosova, 2001; Mirza, 2003).”
Climate-Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Sustainable Development (2014, background): “…public health and mass education and literacy programs) and of improving risk management (e.g., alert systems, disaster relief, crop insurance, seasonal climate forecasts, risk insurance) (Mirza, 2003; Schipper and Pelling, 2006; IPCC, 2012; Warner et al., 2012a; see also Chapters 12, 13).”
What drives the willingness to pay for crop insurance against extreme weather events (flood and drought) in Pakistan? A hypothetical market approach (2016, background): “Though extreme weather events could include (Mirza, 2011) floods (riverine, rain, storm, flash and glacial lake”
Trends in temperature and rainfall extremes in the Yellow River source region, China (2011, background): “In recent years, the frequent occurrence of extreme events, such as heat waves, heavy rain, hailstorm, snowfall, floods and droughts, have been reported worldwide (Ulbrich et al. 2003; Mirza 2003; Kundzewicz et al. 2005; Kyselý 2008).”
Communicating on Twitter during a disaster: An analysis of tweets during Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2015, background): “These cases also illustrate the differences between developed and developing countries in terms of their preparedness and ability to respond to the impacts of such events, which can have a considerable effect on the number of fatalities and reconstruction efforts (Mirza, 2003).”
The Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A pragmatic approach to assessing risks from climate variability and change—A case study in Mozambique (2009, background): “Negative impacts of the 2000–2001 floods for example were intensified as a result of the high dependence on agriculture, high levels of poverty, large national debt, and lack of proper dam infrastructure and emergency preparedness planning (Mirza, 2003).”
American policy conflict in the greenhouse: Divergent trends in federal, regional, state, and local green energy and climate change policy (2007, background): “Moreover, these effects may result in highly inequitable patterns of harm, affecting poor populations and future generations in disproportion to their GHG emissions (Agarwal et al., 2002; Byrne et al., 2004a; Qader Mirza, 2003).”