Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
How Can Countries Adapt?
- Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Meinhard Breiling - Technical University, Vienna, Austria
- Selvarajah Pathmarajah - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Vangimalla R Reddy - USDA-ARS Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USA
Densely populated coastal areas, weak institutions, and the poverty of a considerable proportion of its population add to the susceptibility of this region. Adaptation—making adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climate stimuli— becomes a key strategy for sustaining economic growth.
This volume examines the framework conditions for integrating climate change adaptation measures into agriculture, water, and natural resources management activities for the Asia and Pacific region. Based on the review of country experiences, the book describes key dimensions, suggests interventions for further exploration, and serves as a basis for planning and mainstreaming climate change adaptation into sectoral planning
This book provides a rigorous and up-to-date analysis of the climate change risks and impacts for the Asian region. It also presents some of the successful adaptation case-studies in the region and provides a stepwise guidance on ways to integrating adaptation programmes into the mainstream policy and planning process…The editors of this book have so skillfully weaved the contributions of different author-teams that it retains its flow from the very beginning to the end and is able to engage not only specialists and fellow professionals, but a general audience as well.
