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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Regional Vulnerability of Agro-Environmental Processes Facing Climate Change. Latin American Adaptation Agendas

Authors : Pablo Torres-Lima, Rey Acosta-Barradas

Published in: International Perspectives on Climate Change

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Agricultural systems have begun to proactively address vulnerability and climate risks as challenges and opportunities to develop climate change adaptation measures that protect the natural resources and the ecosystems services on which they depend. However, in most regional conditions, the level of understanding of local changes in hazard exposure caused by climate change, the geographic and spatial distribution of vulnerability, as well as underlying socioeconomic factors remains limited. Here, it is analyzed how in regional agro-environmental processes underline the need for a convergence among the assessments of local climate risk, agricultural vulnerability and adaptive capacities with national and international policy guidance and climate change science, particularly in Latin America.

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Metadata
Title
Regional Vulnerability of Agro-Environmental Processes Facing Climate Change. Latin American Adaptation Agendas
Authors
Pablo Torres-Lima
Rey Acosta-Barradas
Copyright Year
2014
Book
International Perspectives on Climate Change

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-04488-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-04489-7

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04489-7_1