Adaptation to Climate Extremes in Developing Countries : The Role of Education

Adaptation to Climate Extremes in Developing Countries : The Role of Education

Global climate models predict a rise in extreme weather in the next century. To better understand future interactions among adaptation costs, socioeconomic development, and climate change in developing countries, observed losses of life from floods...

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Main Authors: Blankespoor, Brian, Dasgupta, Susmita, Laplante, Benoit, Wheeler, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE WEATHER
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS
ANNUAL DEATHS
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION
BASES
CALCULATION
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CATASTROPHIC LOSSES
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE EFFECTS
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CO
CO2
CRED
CULTURAL CHANGE
CYCLONES
DAT DATABASE
DEATH FROM FLOODS
DEATH TOLL
DEATH TOLLS
DECLARATION
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER PREVENTION MEASURES
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER RISKS
DISASTERS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
DROUGHT
DROUGHT RISK
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS SCENARIO
EMPOWERING WOMEN
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FEMALE EDUCATION
FERTILITY
FERTILITY PATTERNS
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER PEOPLE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOOD RISK
FLOODING
FLOODS
GCM
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATION
GREENHOUSE GASES
HEAVY RAINFALL
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
IMPACT ANALYSIS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
IPCC
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOSSES FROM FLOODS
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MORTALITY
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NEGOTIATION
NEUTRALIZATION
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION CHANGE
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
PRECIPITATION
PRESENT VALUE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REGIONAL EXPENDITURES
REGIONAL LEVELS
RELIEF
RISK OF DEATH
SCENARIOS
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SELF-RELIANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TOTAL COST
TRAUMA
TSUNAMIS
TYPE OF DISASTER
VICTIMS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WEATHER CHANGES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WEATHER EVENTS
WEATHER SHOCKS
WORST-CASE
WORST-CASE RISK
YOUNG WOMEN
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