Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong
This chapter includes the following sections: the risks analysis of geophysical hazards and climate change in the Mekong uplands, accelerated risks and socially constructed vulnerabilities; the value and challenges in a rights-based apprach; the risks-rights nexus towards integrating rights for living with risks; potential strategies and means to cope with, as well as rebound after, climate risks and disasters; discussion and conclusions about improving and incorporating local rights as well as addressing the adaptive capacity of upland peoples to climate change.
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book Chapter biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Earthscan
2011-02-23
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| Subjects: | agriculture, climate, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42133 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849711883/ |
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