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Norgaard, K., 2009: Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change, The World Bank, Washington DC.
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O’Brien, G., T. Devisscher, and P. O’Keefe, 2011: The Adaptation Continuum: Groundwork for the Future. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
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Osman-Elasha, B. and A. El Sanjak, 2009: Global climate changes: Impacts on water resources and human security in Africa. In: Environment and conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur [Leroy, M. (ed.)]. University for Peace/Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 406-427.
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Osman-Elasha, B. and T.E. Downing, 2007: Lessons Learned in Preparing National Adaptation Programmes of Action in Eastern and Southern Africa. SEI Oxford Working Paper, Stockholm Environment Institute, Oxford, UK.
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Osman-Elasha, B., 2006: Project AF14,-Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change. Environmental Strategies to Increase Human Resilience to Climate Change: Lessons for Eastern and Northern Africa, Final Report. International START Secretariat, Washington, DC.
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Osman-Elasha, B., N. Goutbi, E. Spanger-Siegfried, W. Dougherty, A. Hanafi, S. Zakieldeen, A. Sanjak, H.A. Atti, and H.M. Elhassan, 2006: Adaptation Strategies to Increase Human Resilience Against Climate Variability and Change: Lessons from the Arid Regions of Sudan. AIACC, International START Secretariat, Washington, DC.
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Oxfam, 2009: Exposed: Social Vulnerability and Climate Change in the US Southeast. Oxfam America, Boston, MA.
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Palen, L., S. Vieweg, J. Sutton, S.B. Liu, and A. Hughes, 2007: Crisis informatics: Studying crises in a networked world. In: Third International Conference on e-Social Science, Ann Arbor, MI, 7-9 October 2007.
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Polack, E., 2008: A right to adaptation: Securing the participation of marginalized groups. IDS Bulletin, 39(4), 16-23.
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Prasad, N., F. Ranghieri, F. Shah, Z. Trohanis, E. Kessler, and R. Sinha, 2009: Climate resilient cities: A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters. World Bank, Washington DC.
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Pulwarty, R.S., 2007: Communicating Agroclimatological Information, Including Forecasts for Agricultural Decision. Guide to Agrometeorological Practices. World Meterological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Ramachandran, N., 2006: Women and Food Security in South Asia. Current Issues and Emerging Concerns. UNU-WIDER Research Paper, UN University, World Institute for Development Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland, 19 pp.
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Rao, K. and U. Hess, 2009: Scaling up with India: The public sector. In: Index Insurance and Climate Risk: Prospects for Development and Disaster Management [Hellmuth, M.E., D.E. Osgood, U. Hess, A. Moorhead, and H. Bhojwani (eds.)]. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), New York, NY, pp. 87-89.
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RMS, 2009: Analyzing the Effects of the ‘my Safe Florida Home’ Program on Florida Insurance Risk. RMS Special Report, Summary of Analysis Prepared for the Florida Department of Financial Services, Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA.
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Rodriguez-Oreggia, E., A.d.l. Fuente, R.d.l. Torre, H. Moreno, and C. Rodriguez, 2010: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Human Development and Poverty at the Municipal Level in Mexico. CID Working Paper No. 43, Center for International Development at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 34 pp.
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Salick, J. and A. Byg (eds.), 2007: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Oxford, UK.
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Satterthwaite, D., S. Huq, M. Pelling, H. Reid, and P. Romero-Lankao, 2007: Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas: The Possibilities and Constraints in Low- and Middle-income Nations. Human Settlements Working Paper Series, Climate Change and Cities No.1, International Institute for Environment and Development, London, UK, 107 pp., pubs.iied.org/pdfs/10549IIED.pdf
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Schroeder, R.A., 1987: Gender Vulnerability to Drought: A Case Study of the Hausa Social Environment. Natural Hazards Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
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Scoones, I., 1998: Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Framework For Analysis. IDS Working Paper 72, Brighton, UK, ISBN 1-85964-224-8.
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Seck, P., 2007: Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Critical Perspective. United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY.
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Shaw, R., 2006: Community-based climate change adaptation in Vietnam: Inter-linkages of environment, disaster, and human security. In: Multiple dimension of global environmental changes [Sonack, S. (ed.)]. TERI Publication, Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India, pp. 521-547.
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Smith, S.K. and C. McCarty, 2006: Florida's 2004 hurricane season: Demographic response and recovery. In: Proceedings of Southern demographic association meeting, Durham, NC, 2-4 Nov 2006.
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SOPAC, and UNEP, 2005: Building Resilience in SIDS: The Environmental Vulnerability Index. South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, Suva, Fiji.
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Spanger-Siegfried, E., W. Dougherty, and B. Osman-Elasha, 2005: Methodological Framework an Internal Scoping Report of the Project Strategies for Increasing Human Resilience in Sudan: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation in North and East Africa. AIACC Working Paper No. 18, Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, Washington, DC.
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