Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries

Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries

For thousands of years, the people of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have coped with the challenges of climate variability by adapting their survival strategies to changes in rainfall and temperature. Temperatures are expected to increase, and...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verner, Dorte
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
CHILD CARE
CHILD MORTALITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE PREDICTIONS
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE STATIONS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
CORAL REEFS
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DISEASES
DOMESTIC WORKLOAD
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC DATA
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS
EXTREME EVENTS
FERTILITY
FINANCIAL NEEDS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER ROLES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDWATER
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEAVY RAINS
INCOME
INSURANCE
INSURANCE SCHEMES
INTENSE RAINFALL
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
MALARIA
MARKET ECONOMY
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PENSIONS
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL CHANGE
POOR HEALTH
PRECIPITATION
PREGNANCY
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY EDUCATION
RAINFALL
RAINFALL EVENTS
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POPULATIONS
RURAL WOMEN
SAFETY NETS
SALINE INTRUSION
SCENARIOS
SEAWATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEVERE WEATHER
SUPPLY CHAINS
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
WARMER CLIMATE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER QUALITY
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WOMAN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17278050/adaptation-changing-climate-arab-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17278050/adaptation-changing-climate-arab-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573

Similar Items