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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
- Source :
- Rural Households in a Changing Climate
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and other environmental factors. Within this framework, we examine evidence from existing empirical literature to compose an initial picture of household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings. We find that although households possess numerous strategies for managing climate shocks and shifts, their adaptive capacity is insufficient for the task of maintaining—let alone improving—household welfare. We describe the role of public policy in fortifying the ability of rural households to adapt to a changing climate. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth
Natural resource economics
rural areas
Climate change
rural communities
Development
water availability
risk management
Rural Poverty Reduction,Climate Change Economics,Regional Economic Development,Science of Climate Change,Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
Extreme weather
rural settings
Economics
human capital
household welfare
social safety nets
Adaptive capacity
Global warming
risk-coping mechanisms, adaptation, rural households, climate change, long-term effects
agricultural technology
crop yield
Plant disease
climate change
poor rural households
Rural poverty
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jel:Q54
agricultural production
Household income
Rural area
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Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Rural Households in a Changing Climate
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f9c0d1e42a912a6d095d36c79211034f