TY - BOOK AU - Verner,Dorte TI - Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate: social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean T2 - Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development SN - 9780821382387 AV - HC130.P6 R43 2010 U1 - 303.48 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Climatic changes KW - Economic aspects KW - Caribbean Area KW - Latin America KW - Social aspects KW - Economic assistance KW - Human beings KW - Effect of climate on KW - Poverty N1 - 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 UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821382387 ER -