Socioeconomic Impacts of Climatic Change on Paddy Cultivation: An Empirical Investigation in Malaysia
In: Journal of Knowledge Globalization (ISSN 1938-7008), Band 3(2), S. 71-84
In: Journal of Knowledge Globalization (ISSN 1938-7008), Band 3(2), S. 71-84
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In: Alam, M.M., Siwar, C., Jaafar, A.H., Talib, B., and Salleh, K.O. 2013. Agricultural Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climatic Changes in Malaysia: Review on Paddy Sector. Current World Environment, 8(1): 1-12.
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In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 173-192
ISSN: 1743-9094
In: Alam, M.M., Siwar, C., Jaafar, A.H., and Talib, B. 2016. Climatic Changes and Vulnerability of Household Food Availability in Malaysian East Coast Economic Region. Journal of Developing Areas. Vol. 50(5), pp.143 – 155.
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In: GISAP: Sociological, Political and Military Sciences, Heft 1
ISSN: 2054-6459
"Effects of global warming on the physical, chemical, ecological structure and function and biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems are not well understood and there are many opinions on how to adapt aquatic environments to global warming in order to minimize the negative effects of climate change. Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters presents a synthesis of the latest research on a whole range of inland water habitats - lakes, running water, wetlands - and offers novel and timely suggestions for future research, monitoring and adaptation strategies.A global approach, offered in this book, encompasses systems from the arctic to the Antarctic, including warm-water systems in the tropics and subtropics and presents a unique and useful source for all those looking for contemporary case studies and presentation of the latest research findings and discussion of mitigation and adaptation throughout the world. Edited by three of the leading limnologists in the field this book represents the latest developments with a focus not only on the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems but also offers a framework and suggestions for future management strategies and how these can be implemented in the future.Limnologists, Climate change biologists, fresh water ecologists, palaeoclimatologists and students taking relevant courses within the earth and environmental sciences will find this book invaluable. The book will also be of interest to planners, catchment managers and engineers looking for solutions to broader environmental problems but who need to consider freshwater ecology"--
Although the current situation of the Iran's land and the dominance of arid and semiarid conditions cast a doubt on the existence of glacier reign in this land, there is evidence of geomorphological traces of glaciers in different areas of Iran indicating the function of glaciers in these regions. Therefore, regarding these traces and evidences, the past climatic conditions can be reconstructed. Based on what mentioned above, this study mainly aimed to trace the climatic changes through the glacial traces and evidences on the Hezar Mountain. Tracing the climatic changes indicates that the temperature of the study area was 6.58 °C colder than that of the current temperature during the period of glacial reign. In addition, the isopluvial map of the Hezar Mountain during the period of glacial reign indicates that the minimum rainfall at that time was 617 mm at the outlet of the basin and the maximum rainfall was 1340 mm at the highest part of the basin. On the other hand, glacier cirques, glacier valleys, and moraines were identified as the most characteristic geomorphological evidence of glaciers in the study area. Finally, laboratory indicators (granulometry), as a complement to glacier evidence, proved the existence of glacial sediments in the Tenguieh Basin. In addition, the permanent snow line was estimated at the height of 3326 meters in the Tenguieh Basin during the glacial reign and based on Porter's cirque floor height et the height of 3333 m through the Wright method.
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Póster presentado en la Conferencia EGU 2013, 07-12 Abril 2013, Viena, Austria ; Soil has a key role in the regulation of carbon, water and nutrient cycles. Traditionally, agricultural soil management was oriented towards optimizing productivity. Nowadays, mitigation of climate change effects and maintaining long-term soil quality are evenly important. Developing policy guidelines for best management practices need to be site-specific, given the large spatial variability of environmental conditions within the EU. Therefore, it is necessary to classify the different farming zones that are susceptible to soil degradation. Especially in Mediterranean areas, this variability and its susceptibility to degradation is higher than in other areas of the EU. The objective of this study is therefore to delineate current agro-environmental zones in Spain and to determine the effect of global climate change on this classification in the future. The final objective is to assist policy makers in scenario analysis with respect to soil conservation. Our classification scheme is based on soil, topography and climate (seasonal temperature and rainfall) variables. We calculated slope and elevation based on a SRTM-derived DEM, soil texture was extracted from the European Soil Database and seasonal mean, minimum and maximum precipitation and temperature data were gridded from publically available weather station data (Aemet). Global change scenarios are average downscaled ensemble predictions for the emission scenarios A2 and B2. The k-means method was used for classification of the 10 km x 10 km gridded variables. Using the before-mentioned input variables, the optimal number of agro-environmental zones we obtained is 8. The classification corresponds well with the observed distribution of farming typologies in Spain. The advantage of this method is that it is a simple, objective method which uses only readily available, public data. As such, its extrapolation to other countries of the EU is straightforward. Finally, it presents a tool for policy makers to assess the impact of global change on farming systems and to plan soil conservation measures.
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In: Occasional Papers in Tourism, Hospitality Management and Recreation, 2
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In: Seshadri, S and Hariharan, P and Chhatre, A and Devalkar, S K (2016) Crop Diversification to Reduce Exposure to Climatic Changes: Associated Risks and Mitigation Strategies. ISB Insight.
Lack of well-developed supply chain systems for alternative crops expose farmers to considerable risk, making it difficult for them to move away from the paddy/wheat crop rotation cycle. Public policy interventions and supply chain innovations such as targeted insurance products, pooling practices, investments in skill development, entrepreneurial models for service provision, market-side initiatives and a better understanding of supply chain risks are needed to enable farmers to adopt crop diversification.
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The mounting world-wide interest and concern on issues of climatic change and variability triggered the need to bring together differing perceptions in an interdisciplinary forum on Climate and Development. The Hamburg Congress: - reviewed the current understanding of the process of climate changes - outlined known as well as potential impacts of variability and climate change on the socio-economic development of different countries and regions - discussed the nature of policies to respond to climate change and variability, and - considered strategic options indicating the possible operational role for different actors concerned with this problem
The narratives of migration as adaptation and in situ adaptation are well established in mainstream adaptation policy and are usually presented as independent and opposing trends of action. A common and fundamental element of such narratives is the depoliticized conception of both migration and adaptation. Using a trans-scalar approach, we address the migration&ndash ; coffee&ndash ; climate change nexus: first at a regional scale, at the conflictive border of Guatemala&ndash ; Mexico, to show the contradiction between the current Central American migratory crisis and the narrative of migration as adaptation ; second, at a local scale and from an ethnographic perspective, we focus on the process of in situ adaptation in shade-grown coffee plots of smallholder coffee farmers in the Tacaná ; Volcano cross-border region, between Chiapas and Guatemala. We argue that the dichotomy &ldquo ; in situ adaptation&rdquo ; versus &ldquo ; migration as adaptation&rdquo ; is not useful to capture the intertwined and political nature of both narratives, as illustrated in the case of the renovation of smallholders&rsquo ; coffee plots in a context of climatic changes. We provide elements to contribute towards the repolitization of adaptation from an integral perspective.
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Climate change impacts on water systems have consequences for Indigenous communities. We documented climatic changes on water systems observed by Indigenous Shawi and resultant impacts on health and livelihoods, and explored adaptation options and challenges in partnership with two Indigenous Shawi communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Qualitative data were collected via PhotoVoice, interviews, focus group discussions, and transect walks, and analyzed using a constant comparative method and thematic analysis. Quantitative data were collected via a household survey and analyzed descriptively. Households observed seasonal weather changes over time (n = 50 ; 78%), which had already impacted their family and community (n = 43 ; 86%), such as more intense rainfall resulting in flooding (n = 29 ; 58%). Interviewees also described deforestation impacts on the nearby river, which were exacerbated by climate-related changes, including increased water temperatures (warmer weather, exacerbated by fewer trees for shading) and increased erosion and turbidity (increased rainfall, exacerbated by riverbank instability due to deforestation). No households reported community-level response plans for extreme weather events, and most did not expect government assistance when such events occurred. This study documents how Indigenous peoples are experiencing climatic impacts on water systems, and highlights how non-climatic drivers, such as deforestation, exacerbate climate change impacts on water systems and community livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon.
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