Department of Development Studies (DEV)

Child-friendly participatory research tools (2009)
Journal Article
Molina, F., Molina, G., Tanner, T., & Seballos, F. (2009). Child-friendly participatory research tools. PLA notes, 60, 160-166

Tips for trainers: Field-based action research on community-based adaptation to climate change needs to engage with all different sections of communities. Children form a significant group that is often overlooked by research and practice at communit... Read More about Child-friendly participatory research tools.

Children’s participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change (2009)
Journal Article
Tanner, T., Garcia, M., Lazcano, J., Molina, F., Molina, G., Rodríguez, G., Tribunalo, B., & Seballos, F. (2009). Children’s participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change. PLA notes, 60, 54-64

As an emerging field, reflection and learning on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are crucial. However, there is a danger that a focus on ‘the community’ fails to look within and understand the comm... Read More about Children’s participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change.

Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Back, E., Cameron, C., & Tanner, T. Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward. Brighton

This report reviews child-focused and child-led disaster risk reduction approaches and techniques. It documents a number of case studies across a range of interventions, dividing these into three main areas: Knowledge, Voice and Action. It makes some... Read More about Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward.

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth? (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Michell, T., & Tanner, T. Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?. Brighton

Reliance on subsistence agriculture means the impact of stresses and shocks (such as droughts or floods) are felt keenly by rural poor people, who depend directly on food system outcomes for their survival, with profound implications for the security... Read More about Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?.

Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Mitchell, T., Polack, E., & Guenther, B. Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities. Brighton

Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and ve... Read More about Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities.

Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mitchell, T., Tanner, T., & Haynes, K. Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine. Brighton

This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the traditional development approaches which perceive children a... Read More about Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine.

气候变化对中国水资源影响的适应性评估与管理框架 (2009)
Journal Article
夏, 军., Tanner, T., Liu, X., Ren, G., Yan, M., & Holman, I. (2009). 气候变化对中国水资源影响的适应性评估与管理框架. Advances in Climate Change Research, 5, 41-46

摘要：通过论述气候变化对中国水资源影响的适应性评估与管理框架，提出一个气候变化影响决策评估工具，它包括：
未来气候变化对中国水资源潜在影响的定性描述分析、半定量与定量分析以及适应性对策评估。由于不同气候区域所面
临的水资源问题不同，选择中国4 个典型... Read More about 气候变化对中国水资源影响的适应性评估与管理框架.

Screening for Climate Change Adaptation: Managing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Sector in China (2009)
Journal Article
Jun, X., Tanner, T., Liu, X., Ren, G., Yan, M., & Holman, I. (2009). Screening for Climate Change Adaptation: Managing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Sector in China. Advances in Climate Change Research, 5(Suppl.), 41-46

The issue on screening for climate change adaptation is addressed. A screening approach is developed for assessing climatechange impacts on water sector and integrating adaptation for water resource projects, and three phases for screening climate ch... Read More about Screening for Climate Change Adaptation: Managing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Sector in China.

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