Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua

Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua

Poor urban populations in Southern cities are already experiencing the negative impacts of changing weather patterns associated with climate change and climate variability and future projections suggest that these impacts will get worse. Severe wea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moser, Caroline, Norton, Andrew, Stein, Alfredo, Georgieva, Sophia
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADAPTATION
ADAPTATION ACTION
ADAPTATION ACTIONS
ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES
ADAPTATION BENEFITS
ADAPTATION FUNDS
ADAPTATION MEASURES
ADAPTATION PLANS
ADAPTATION RESPONSES
ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ADVERSE CLIMATE
ADVERSE WEATHER
CLIMATE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
COLLECTION SYSTEMS
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTERS
DUST
FLOODING
FLOODS
HEAT
HEAT STRESS
LAND TENURE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
RAIN
RAINFALL
SEVERE WEATHER
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN VULNERABILITY
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WEATHER EFFECTS
WEATHER PATTERNS
WIND
WIND SPEED
WINDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/14875647/pro-poor-urban-adaptation-climate-change-based-case-studies-kenya-nicaragua
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11089

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/14875647/pro-poor-urban-adaptation-climate-change-based-case-studies-kenya-nicaragua
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11089

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