Transitioning to Climate Resilient Development : Perspectives from Communities in Peru

The livelihoods of communities in rural areas of Peru are predominantly dependent on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture. Given their close connection with the environment, the understanding of how these communities perceive risks and how...

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Main Authors:	Sperling, Frank, Validivia, Corinne, Quiroz, Roberto, Valdivia, Roberto, Angulo, Lenkiza, Seimon, Anton, Noble, Ian
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF RAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROMETEOROLOGY AIR AIR POLLUTION ALTITUDE ANIMAL HEALTH ANTHRAX AQUIFERS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BARLEY BIODIVERSITY BLANKETS CIVIL DEFENSE CLEAN ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE FORECASTS CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE MONITORING CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC EVENTS CLIMATIC HAZARDS CLIMATIC ZONES CONVERGENCE CROP ROTATION DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DROUGHT DROUGHTS DRY CONDITIONS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARLY WARNINGS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PROCESSES ECONOMIC SITUATION ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY EMERGENCY RELIEF ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTS EVAPORATION EXTREME EVENTS FARMER FARMERS FISH FISHERIES FISHING FLOOD FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOG FORAGE FORAGES FOREST FOREST FIRE FORESTRY FORESTS FROST FUELWOOD GDP GLACIERS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HAIL HEAVY RAIN HUMIDITY HYDROLOGY IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCENTIVE SYSTEMS INCOME INSURANCE IPCC IRRIGATION IRRIGATION PROJECTS ITCZ LAKES LAND DEGRADATION LANDSLIDES LATIN AMERICAN MAGNITUDE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MALARIA MEDICINES METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCES PASTURE PASTURES POVERTY LINE PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RAINY SEASON RELIEF RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RISK ASSESSMENT RISK EXPOSURE RISK MANAGEMENT RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL LIVELIHOODS SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SNOW SNOWFALL SOILS SOUTH AMERICAN SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STARVATION SURFACE PRESSURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES THUNDERSTORMS TROPICAL CLIMATE VEGETATION WATER RESOURCES WATERS WATERSHED WEATHER WEATHER FORECASTS WINDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9749906/transitioning-climate-resilient-development-perspectives-communities-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18383

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Transitioning to Climate Resilient Development : Perspectives from Communities in Peru

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