Publications

High tech farming, local food systems, food aid, or strict environmental regulation? How the American dust bowl can teach us to deal with drought

Working paper by Evan Fraser on 1 Oct 2012

Abstract of Working Paper 110 This paper examines responses to the American Dust Bowl in the 1930s as a way of exploring how society today may be able to respond to today’s droughts and pending “food crises”. With regards the debate over solutions to the Dust Bowl, four broad themes emerge. First, some argued that […]



Characterising the nature of vulnerability to climate variability: empirical evidence from two regions of Ghana

Working paper by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Andy Dougill, Evan Fraser, Lindsay Stringer on 1 Sep 2012

Abstract of Working Paper 105 This paper builds on an initial national and regional level vulnerability assessment by developing and applying a livelihood vulnerability index at the community and household scales to explore the nature of climate vulnerability. It provides innovative methodological steps in relation to livelihood assessment to identify the vulnerability of households and […]







Spatial mapping of socio-ecological vulnerability to environmental change in Southern Africa

Working paper by David Abson, Andy Dougill, Lindsay Stringer on 1 Jun 2012

Abstract of Working Paper 95 Aggregate measures that capture multiple aspects of socio-ecological vulnerability in a single or small number of vulnerability indices can be used to produce vulnerability maps that act as powerful visual tools to identify those areas most susceptible to future environmental changes. Such indices are easily communicable and offer valuable guidance […]