Includes bibliographical references. UN Sales Number: E.I3.III.H.2--T.p. verso "A needed upgrade in planning for adaption to climate change"--P.4 of cover. This book emerged from the results of an expert group meeting held at El Colegio de México in Mexico City, October 2010 entitled " Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation."
Contents:
Populating adaptations : incorporating population dynamics in climate change adaptation policy and practice / Daniel Schensul and David Dodman -- Fair and effective responses to urbanization and climate change : tapping synergies and avoiding exclusionary policies / Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, George Martine and Cecilia Tacoli -- Migration as a response to local and global transformations : a typology of mobility in the context of climate change / Cecilia Tacoli -- Understanding vulnerability and adaptation using census data / José Miguel Guzmán, Daniel Schensul and Sainan Zhang -- Harnessing census data for environment and climate change analysis / Deborah Balk, José Miguel Guzmán and Daniel Schensul -- Using household surveys in climate vulnerability and adaptation analysis / Landy Sanchez Peña and Regina Fuchs -- Adapting urban settlements to climate change : local vulnerability and adaptive capacity in the urban areas of Malawi / Daniel Schensul, David Mkwambisi, Sainan Zhang, David Dodman, Thomas Muntbali and Dunstan Matekenya -- The challenges of adaptation in an early bu unassisted urban transition / George Martine and Ricardo Ojima -- Planning for adaptation in a megacity : a case study of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area / Boris Graizbord.
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