02254cam a22004454a 4500 16260400 The World Bank 20260707185222.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 100531s2010 dcua ob 001 0 eng 2010022087 9780821382387 9780821383780 (electronic) DLC DLC DLC cl----- cc----- HC130.P6 R43 2010 303.48 22 168285 139537 Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate: [electronic resource] social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean / Dorte Verner, editor. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010. xxii, 431 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 23 cm Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Water scarcity, climate change, and the poor -- Climate change, disaster hotspots, and asset erosion -- Agrarian livelihoods and climate change -- Coastal livelihoods and climate change -- Human health and climate change -- Migration and climate change -- Conflict and climate change -- Simulating the effects of climate change on poverty and inequality -- Building short-term coping capacity and longer-term resilience through asset-based adaptation -- Conclusion. Description based on print version record. Climatic changes Economic aspects Caribbean Area. 205065 Climatic changes Economic aspects Latin America. 205066 Climatic changes Social aspects Caribbean Area. 205067 Climatic changes Social aspects Latin America. 205068 Economic assistance. 18843 Human beings Effect of climate on. 24248 Poverty Caribbean Area. 70726 Poverty Latin America. 69409 Verner, Dorte. 71689 Print Version: 9780821382387 World Bank e-Library. http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821382387 EBK 168285 139537