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03871aam a2200421 a 4500 001 13DA44E8888711E2989098C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130309010025 008 120629s2013 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012025388 020 $a 0203082559 (ebook) 020 $a 9780203082553 (ebook) 020 $a 0415519306 (paperback) 020 $a 9780415519304 (paperback) 020 $a 0415519292 (hardback) 020 $a 9780415519298 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)774498503 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d YNK $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QC903 $b .M34 2013 082 00 $a 363.738/74560973 $2 23 084 $a BUS099000 $a BUS072000 $a BUS099000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Magee, Tim. 245 12 $a A field guide to community based adaptation / $c Tim Magee ; with a foreword by Howard White. 260 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2013. 300 $a x, 232 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 520 $a "The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate--and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfil the UN's Millennium Development Goals. If experienced development organizations are finding it difficult to solve decades-old development problems, how will they additionally solve new challenges driven by climate change? A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation illustrates how including community members in project design and co-management leads to long-lasting, successful achievement of development and adaptation goals.This field guide provides a system of building block activities for staff on the ground to use in developing and implementing successful adaptation to climate change projects that can be co-managed and sustained by communities. Based on years of experience in 129 different countries, the field guide uses a step-by-step progression to lead readers through problem assessment, project design, implementation, and community take over. The book equips development staff with all the tools and techniques they need to improve current project effectiveness, to introduce community based adaptation into organizational programming and to generate new projects. The techniques provided can be applied to broad range of challenges, from agriculture and drainage problems, to health concerns, flood defences and market development. The book is supported by a user-friendly website updated by the author, where readers can download online resources for each chapter which they can tailor to their own specific projects.This practical guide is accessible to all levels of development staff and practitioners, as well as to students of development and environmental studies. "--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This innovative field guide argues that in order to combat climate change we must work 'from the ground up' using dynamic community projects. A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation is arranged in a step-by-step progression that leads readers through problem assessment, project design, implementation, and community take over. Based on years of experience in 116 different countries, the field guide provides students and professionals with all the tools needed to develop and deliver their own projects"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics. $2 bisacsh 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Community development $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180126035631.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13DA44E8888711E2989098C5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search