Climate change is one of the major challenges societies round the world face at present.
Apart from efforts to achieve a reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases so as to mitigate …

Climate change and variability have had a global impact on the development of social-
economic and human well-being. Smallholders are highly dependent on natural resources …

This study highlights drought characteristics and the many responses to drought stresses
employed by Turkana pastoralists of northwestern Kenya. Multiple data sources, including …

Background Due to its climate-sensitive agricultural system and low adaptive capacity of the
subsistence farmers, Ethiopia is cited among the countries experiencing frequent drought …

This study examines pastoralists' perception on climate change and impacts on cattle
production from ten study villages of Monduli District in Tanzania. This study drew empirical …

COVID-19 worsened urban slum dwellers' pre-existing vulnerabilities. Maintaining WHO-
suggested physical distancing/isolation made planning more challenging in slums. The …

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon gets intensified in the process of urbanization,
which increases the vulnerability of urban dwellers to heatwaves. The UHI-induced …

Climate change has adversely affected pastoral community in Pakistan through increased
severity of livestock diseases, floods, and drought. These climatic hazards caused extensive …

The term 'vulnerability'is used to examine the interlinkages between humans and their social
and physical surroundings. This approach is similar to the IPCC AR4's (2007) conceptual …

To identify the indicators of adaptive capacity that determine vulnerability of households, an
intensive investigation was conducted in farming communities at two locations in the Asian …