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Vulnerability studies in the Americas : extreme weather and climate change / edited by Paula Mussetta and Margot Hurlbert.

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Book
Contributor:
Mussetta, Paula, editor.
Hurlbert, Margot, editor.
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Climatic changes--America.
Climatic changes.
Climatic extremes--America.
Climatic extremes.
America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps
Place of Publication:
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Chapter 1 Climate Change, Agriculture and Communities in the South Saskatchewan River Basin p. 22 / Margot Hurlbert and Amber Fletcher and David Sauchyn and Harry Diaz
Annex: Integrating Canadian Components of the Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Americas Project (VACEA)-Canada p. 53 / Margot Hurlbert and Elaine Wheaton and David Sauchyn
Chapter 2 Rural Vulnerability in Mendoza: Social Gaps, Development Model and Oases Transformation p. 77 / Paula Mussetta and Julia Barrientos and César Ferrer and Mariano Masiokas and Ricardo Villalba and Leonor Deis and Bruno Cavagnaro
Chapter 3 Critical Vulnerability Nodes in the Municipality of Salamanca (Choapa Valley, Chile): A Look at the Interaction between Water, Mining, Agriculture, and Society in the Context of Climate Change p. 104 / Sonia Salas and Angelo Araya and Andrés Bodini
Chapter 4 Assessing Farmers' Vulnerability to Extreme Weather Events in the Araranguá River Watershed-Southern Brazil p. 125 / Nathan S. Debortoli and Chen Lin Sung and Marina Hirota
Chapter 5 Socio-Environmental Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coffee Growing Communities of the Central Andes of Colombia p. 158 / Germán Poveda and Sandra Turbay and Jorge Julián Vélez and Beatriz Nates-Cruz and Mauricio Bedoya and Erika Acevedo and Olga Lucía Ocampo and César Henao Vélez.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781527544918
1527544915
Publisher Number:
99987166535
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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