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Pro‐poor climate change adaptation in Zambia
This chapter examines the role of assets in reducing the vulnerability and building the adaptive capacity and resilience of the urban poor to climate change. It argues that, in order to address the social, economic and environmental dimensions of climate change on the poor, a critical consideration of different but intertwined activities that either erodes or builds their adaptation must be taken into account. The chapter focuses on the Participatory Climate Change Asset Adaptation Framework and the Rapid Risk Institutional Appraisal (RRIA). It explains how the two can be used as theoretical underpinnings for analysing the impacts of climate change on poor and vulnerable individuals, households and whole communities. Variability is a feature of Zambian climate, which has a history of droughts and floods. In Lusaka, Zambia the urban poor are aware of the challenges that climate change‐related weather events pose to their assets and well‐being.
Pro‐poor climate change adaptation in Zambia
This chapter examines the role of assets in reducing the vulnerability and building the adaptive capacity and resilience of the urban poor to climate change. It argues that, in order to address the social, economic and environmental dimensions of climate change on the poor, a critical consideration of different but intertwined activities that either erodes or builds their adaptation must be taken into account. The chapter focuses on the Participatory Climate Change Asset Adaptation Framework and the Rapid Risk Institutional Appraisal (RRIA). It explains how the two can be used as theoretical underpinnings for analysing the impacts of climate change on poor and vulnerable individuals, households and whole communities. Variability is a feature of Zambian climate, which has a history of droughts and floods. In Lusaka, Zambia the urban poor are aware of the challenges that climate change‐related weather events pose to their assets and well‐being.
Pro‐poor climate change adaptation in Zambia
Knieling, Jörg (editor) / Simatele, Danny (author)
2016-07-18
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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