Climate challenges, vulnerabilities, and food security.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 113(2): 298-303, 2016 Jan 12.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26712017
ABSTRACT
This paper identifies rare climate challenges in the long-term history of seven areas, three in the subpolar North Atlantic Islands and four in the arid-to-semiarid deserts of the US Southwest. For each case, the vulnerability to food shortage before the climate challenge is quantified based on eight variables encompassing both environmental and social domains. These data are used to evaluate the relationship between the "weight" of vulnerability before a climate challenge and the nature of social change and food security following a challenge. The outcome of this work is directly applicable to debates about disaster management policy.
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Assunto principal:
Clima
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Humans
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article