Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics

• Diğer Yazarlar: Tiepolo, Maurizio (Editör), Tarchiani, Vieri (Editör), Pezzoli, Alessandro (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Konular: Research & information: general; climate change; contingency plan; flood risk; local development plan; risk management; sustainable rural development; agricultural drought; heavy rains; hydrological drought; meteorological drought; risk assessment; Sahel; early warning; hydrology; local communities; Niger river basin; rural development; disaster risk reduction; official development assistance; public participation; risk tracking; Sendai framework; sustainable development; dataset validation; precipitation; Kenya; local climate; ASALs; Quantile Mapping; climate services; local drought risk reduction; smallholder farmers; agrometeorological forecast; Niger; natural resources; Mauritania; resource management; regional planning; participatory approach; EO data; water resources; sustainable management; local development; water for food security; building consolidation; extreme precipitations; flood exposure; satellite remote sensing; settlement dynamics; vulnerability; agriculture; Nitrate runoff; real-time monitoring; water quality; rural area; scant data; nitrate contamination; water; flood; Sinai Peninsula; flash flood; CORDEX; water harvesting; indigenous farmers; multinational corporations; systems thinking; Nigeria; sub-Saharan Africa; drought; rainfall regime; soil biogeochemistry; natural disasters; flooding; flood vulnerability; inequality; risk premium; expected annual damages; certainty equivalent annual damages; equity weight expected annual damages; equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage; soil erosion; Great Rift Valley Lakes; ASAL; desertification; groundwater resources; fluoride; main Ethiopian Rift Valley; developing countries; welfare; panel probit model; adoption; propensity score matching; water crisis in Africa; water collection and retention systems; sand dam; migration; risk communication; volcanic hazards; social risk perception; resilience; demonstrator; scenario; multi-risk analysis; climate-smart agriculture; socio-ecological systems; extension; Belize; milpa; food security; sustainability; photovoltaic energy; desalination system; SIDS; CO2 emissions; LCOW; LEOW; n/a
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Many people live in rural areas in tropical regions. Rural development is not merely a contribution to the growth of individual countries. It can be a way to reduce poverty and to increase access to water, health care, and education. Sustainable rural development can also help stop deforestation and...