Essays about: "Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure"

Found 2 essays containing the words Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure.

  1. 1. Knowledge and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation in the Infrastructure Sector in Nunavut, Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Timothy Giger; Kelly Ramsauer; [2019]
    Keywords : Nunavut; Arctic; Climate Change Adaptation; Infrastructure; Knowledge; Implementation; Policy; Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Arctic is at the forefront of climate change and is considered to be the most at risk, warming at twice the rate of the global annual average. The environment and its inhabitants are and will be subjected to deep transformational shifts, with changes in temperature and climate having potentially worldwide repercussions. READ MORE

  3. 2. The vulnerability of Latvia’s agriculture: Farm level response to climatic and non-climatic stimuli

    University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

    Author : Teiksma Buseva; [2011]
    Keywords : Adaptation; agriculture; climate change and variability; climatic and non-climatic factors; Latvian farmers; vulnerability;

    Abstract : Agriculture is a climate sensitive sector whether it changes moderately and slowly or radicallyand rapidly. Many studies that focus on the vulnerability of agriculture, use climate scenariosand crop models to assess the potential impacts. READ MORE