Understanding climate change adaptation: lessons from community-based approaches

Prelims (Preface, Acknowledgements) 1. Introduction: understanding community-based adaptation 2. Erosion and flooding in northern Bangladesh 3. Changing seasons and flash flooding in the foothills of the Nepal Himalaya 4. Desert and floodplain adaptation in Pakistan 5. Increasing paddy salinity in coastal Sri Lanka 6. Increasing drought in arid and semiarid Kenya 7. Multiple pressures on pastoralism in semi-arid Niger 8. Declining water resources in Sudan's Red Sea coastal belt 9. Extreme weather in the Peruvian high Andes 10. Conclusion: community-based adaptation in practice Back Matter (References, Index)