Title: Climate change and vulnerability /
Authors: Leary, Neil.
Publisher: Earthscan,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Climatic changes; Climatic changes Developing countries.
Contents: Part I. Introduction -- For whom the bell tolls : vulnerabilities in a changing climate / Neil Leary [and others] -- Part II. Natural Resource Systems -- Vulnerability of southern African biodiversity to climate change / Graham P. von Maltitz and Robert J. Scholes -- Forest responses to changing rainfall in the Philippines / Rodel Lasco [and others] -- Vulnerability of Mongolia's pastoralists to climate extremes and changes / Punsalmaa Batima, Luvsan Natsagdorj and Nyamsurengyn Batnasan -- Resource system vulnerability to climate stresses in the Heihe river basin of western China / Yongyuan Yin [and others] -- Part III. Coastal Areas -- Storm surges, rising seas and flood risks in metropolitan Buenos Aires / Vicente Barros [and others] -- Climate and water quality in the estuarine and coastal fisheries of the Rio de la Plata / Gustavo J. Nagy [and others] -- Climate change and the tourism dependent economy of the Seychelles / Rolph Antoine Payet --^