Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sivakumar, Mannava V.K. (Editor), Lal, Rattan. (Editor), Selvaraju, Ramasamy. (Editor), Hamdan, Ibrahim. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa
  • 1 Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa (WANA): Overview
  • 2 Implications of Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security in the Western Asia and Northern Africa Region
  • Part II Climate Change and Environment
  • 3 Climate Change and Soil Quality in the WANA Region
  • 4 Conserving Green and Blue Water in the WANA Region
  • 5 Climate Change and Land Use in the WANA Region with a Specific Reference to Morocco
  • 6 Responses of Insect Pests to Climate Change: Effects and Interactions of Temperature, CO2 on Soil Quality
  • 7 Climate Change and Locusts in the WANA Region
  • Part III Climate Change and Food Security: Perspectives from WANA sub-Regions
  • 8 Climate Change Impact on WANA: Key Researchable Issues and Proposed Measures
  • 9 Climate Variability and Change in North African Countries
  • 10 Climate Change in Drylands of the Eastern Mediterranean: from Assessment Methods to Adaptation Strategies
  • 11 Climate Change and Food Security in the Nile Valley and Red Sea
  • 12 Food Security and Climate Change in West Asia
  • Part IV Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Different Agroeconomic Sectors in WANA
  • 13 Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa
  • 14 Mitigation and Adaptation Options of Climate Change in Irrigated Agriculture in Arab Countries
  • 15 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Options for the Livestock Sector in the West Asia and North Africa
  • 16 Afforestation Potential in the WANA Region to Sequester Carbon and Improve Soil Quality
  • Part V Policy, Financial, Institutional and Cooperation Issues
  • 17 Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change into the Development Agenda
  • 18 Possible Financial Innovations and Market Mechanisms at the National Level to Cope with Climate Change in WANA Region
  • 19 Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Arab World: A Summary of Case Studies from Syria, Tunisia and Yemen
  • 20 Human Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: Factors that Influence Behaviours
  • Part VI Regional Agricultural Adaptation and Mitigation Framework for Climate Change in WANA
  • 21 Regional Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the WANA Region
  • 22 Adaptation Strategies for Different Sectors in the WANA Region - Summaries of Breakout Group Discussions
  • Part VII Conference Declaration
  • 23 Kuwait Declaration.