Climate change severely affects sub-Saharan African economies in several ways: increased
temperatures, erratic rainfall variability patterns, and recurrent droughts and floods. Such …

Global warming and price volatility are increasing uncertainty for the future of agriculture.
Therefore, agricultural systems must be sustainable not only under average conditions, but …

Fluctuating and extreme weather patterns are acute indicators of climate change and these
patterns modify tourist activities. The tourism industry is thus considered highly vulnerable to …

Efforts to reduce suffering have habitually focused on control and repair of individual bodies.
The social origins of suffering and distress, including poverty and discrimination, even if …

Increasing human pressures on coastlines and associated threats posed by sea-level rise
have stimulated development of a range of different concepts and methodological …

Climate change is expected to adversely affect agricultural production in Africa. Because
agricultural production remains the main source of income for most rural communities in the …

The term 'vulnerability'is used in many different ways by various scholarly communities. The
resulting disagreement about the appropriate definition of vulnerability is a frequent cause …

In the past 15 years there has been rapid growth in research on adaptive capacity. This
article critically reviews this literature, describing changes in the field over time, and …

While it is generally asserted that those countries who have contributed least to
anthropogenic climate change are most vulnerable to its adverse impacts some recently …

Making decisions and efficiently allocating resources to reduce the vulnerability of coastal
communities requires, among other things, an understanding of the factors that make a …