Characterising the nature of household vulnerability to climate variability: empirical evidence from two regions in Ghana.
Antwi-Agyei, P., Dougill, A., Fraser, E., and Stringer, L. November 2012. Environment, Development and Sustainability.
Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Reducing risks of future disasters: priorities for decision makers
Reference Ranger, N., et al. November 2012. Reducing risks of future disasters: priorities for decision makers. Final Project Report. The Government Office for Science, London.
A critical analysis of the contribution of municipal low carbon lifestyle innovations to sustainable development: Durban, South Africa
Scott, D., Sutherland, C., Schiermeyer, EL., Leck, H., and Beling, A. 2012. In Pelfini, A., Fulquet, G., Beling, A. (eds.). La Energía de los Emergentes. Innovación y cooperación para la … read more »
Lessons from community-based payment for ecosystem service schemes: from forests to rangelands
Dougill, A.J., Stringer, L.C., Leventon, J., Riddell, M., Rueff, H., Spracklen, D.V., and Butt, E. November 2012. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v.367, pp.3178-3190.
Vulnerability to weather disasters: the choice of coping strategies in rural Uganda
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of coping strategies may be employed, from reducing current consumption … read more »
High tech farming, local food systems, food aid, or strict environmental regulation? How the American dust bowl can teach us to deal with drought
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 […]
The roles of public and private actors in the governance of adaptation: the case of agricultural insurance in India
Climate change adaptation is an increasingly important field and will involve a range of actors from national governments to private companies, communities and households. There is … read more »
Characterising the nature of vulnerability to climate variability: empirical evidence from two regions of Ghana
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 […]
Using principal component analysis for information-rich socio-ecological vulnerability mapping in Southern Africa
Abson, D.J., Dougill, A.J., Stringer L.C. November 2012. Applied Geography, v.35, pp.515-524.
Media disasters? Newspaper coverage and the distribution of humanitarian aid
Reference McDermott, T.K.J. July 2012. Media disasters? Newspaper coverage and the distribution of humanitarian aid. Work in progress.