Building Resilient Communities: Land Use Change, Rural Development and Adaptation to Climate Consequences

This book is a collection of case studies from seven different countries that use community-based approaches to address problems related to Global Climate Change. The areas of study very from resource management, extreme weather preparation and adaptation, migration, and economic development. Communities around the world are facing new and more extreme threats and there is no easy solution. Each community is unique and this book embraces that diversity and highlights successful strategies, philosophies, and methodologies to disseminate community-based solutions.