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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A

• Environmental prediction, risk assessment and extreme events: adaptation strategies for the developing world

  The uncertainty associated with predicting extreme weather events has serious implications for the developing world, owing to the greater societal vulnerability to such events. Continual exposure to unanticipated

  • 13/12/2011

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
  • • Extreme Weather Events
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Developing Countries
    • Rural Poverty
    • Floods
    • Bangladesh
    • South Asia
    • Water Management
    • Ganga
    • Brahmaputra
    • Yangtze-kiang
    • Green House Gases
    • Climate Science
    • Weather Predictions

• How urban societies can adapt to resource shortage and climate change

  <p>With more than half the world&rsquo;s population now living in urban areas and with much of the world still urbanizing, there are concerns that urbanization is a key driver of unsustainable resource demands. Urbanization also appears to contribute to ever-growing levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

  • 13/05/2011

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
  • • Climate Change
    • Urbanisation
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Consumption Patterns
    • Lifestyles
    • Green House Gases
    • India
    • China
    • Developing Countries
    • Global