Climate change in Asia and the Pacific : How can countries adapt

Table of contents
Foreword - Masahiro Kawai;
Introduction - Worapot Manupipatpong and Venkatachalam Anbumozhi;
Part One: Cllimate Change Challenges, Scenatios, risks, and Planning tools;
Review of the Economics of Climate Change on Southeast Asia - Tae Yong Jung;
Agricultural Impact of Climate Change: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Special Reference to Southeast Asia - Fan Zhai and Juzhong Zhuang;
Monitoring the Vulnerability and Need for Adaptation Planning for Food Security - Vangimalla R Reddy, David H Fleisher, Dennis J Timlin, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, K Raja Reddy, and Yang Yang;
Adapting to Climate Change-Opportunities and Challenges for Asia and the Pacific - Venkatachalam Anbumozhi;
Part Two: Evolving Adaptation Measures in the Region;
Valuing Natural Resource Management: Climate Change Adaptation in the European Union - Meinhard Breiling;
Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Water Security - Zhijun Chen;
Water Management Practices and Climate Change Adaptation: South Asian Experiences - Selvarajah Pathmarajah;
Adaptation Measures for Climate Change in Japan - Toshio Okazumi and Eiji Otsuki;
Climate Change Impacts on the Mekong River Delta - Shigeko Haruyama;
Integrated Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment on Agricultural Production Systems - Tsugihiro Watanabe;
Adaptation in Urban Settings: Asian Experiences - Jostacio M Lapitan;
Part Three: Successful Programs and Measures of Adaptation in Vulnerarle Areas;
Flood Disasters and Warning Systems in Northern Thailand - Thada Sukhapunnaphan and Taikan Oki;
Integrated Flood Analysis System: An Efficient Tool to Implement Flood Forecasting and Warning Systems - Kazuhiko Fukami, Tomonobu Sugiura, Seishi Nabesaka, Go Ozawa, Jun Magome, and Takahiro Kawakami;
Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems and Monitoring Tools in the Mekong Basin - Guillaume Lacombe, Chu Thai Hoanh, and Thierry Valero;
Insurance Solutions to Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific - Yuri Murayama, Harumi Yashiro, and Hideki Kimura;
Community-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons and Findings - Masanori Kobayashi and Ikuyo Kikusawa;
Learning to Adapt: Case of Gender Alliance in Japan - Midori Aoyagi;
Structural and Nonstructural Adaptation Measures of Climate Change in India - Agastin Baulraj;
Part Four: Action Plan for Policymakers and Planners to Reduce Risk Impact;
Adapting to Climate Change: Developing Local Capacity - Srikantha Herath;
Financing Adaptation Responses: Disaster Mitigation in Viet Nam - Bui Duong Nghieu;
Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture at Farm Level - Kuppannan Palanisami; Coimbatore Ramarao Ranganathan, Samiappan Senthilnathan, and Sevi Govindaraj;
Supporting Climate Action Plans: The Role of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform - Serena Fortuna;
Part Five: Capacity Building Strategies for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation;
Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity in the Asia and Pacific Region: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation - Venkatachalam Anbumozhi;
Current Status of Adaptation Planning in the Region - Tomonori Sudo;
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning - Youssef Nassef;
Conclusions, Policy Implications, and the Way Forward - Robert Dobias, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Vangimalla R. Reddy, and Meinhard Breiling;
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