Holdings: Building a Line of Defense Against Climate Change : From Reactive Coping to Adaptive Capacity in China's Irrigated Agricultural Development

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Building a Line of Defense Against Climate Change : From Reactive Coping to Adaptive Capacity in China's Irrigated Agricultural Development

Climate change threatens to undermine decades of development achievements in China's Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin. Farmers in the 3H Basin have long been plagued by water scarcity and frequent droughts and floods. Development efforts have succee...

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Main Authors:	Conrad, Bjorn, Li, Qun
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURE ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION PRACTICE ADAPTATION PROJECT ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE THREATS CLIMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPING CAPACITY DRINKING WATER DROUGHT EFFECTIVENESS OF ADAPTATION EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FLOODS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT ANALYSIS IMPLEMENT ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES INCOME INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION PRECIPITATION RAINFALL RAINWATER REGIONAL CLIMATE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER BASIN SCIENTIST SEASON WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATER USERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16234344/building-line-defense-against-climate-change-reactive-coping-adaptive-capacity-chinas-irrigated-agricultural-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10420

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16234344/building-line-defense-against-climate-change-reactive-coping-adaptive-capacity-chinas-irrigated-agricultural-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10420