06259nam 2201765z- 450 991055768540332120231214133708.0(CKB)5400000000044678(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76525(EXLCZ)99540000000004467820202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRisk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural TropicsBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 electronic resource (470 p.)3-0365-1370-1 3-0365-1369-8 Many people live in rural areas in tropical regions. Rural development is not merely a contribution to the growth of individual countries. It can be a way to reduce poverty and to increase access to water, health care, and education. Sustainable rural development can also help stop deforestation and reduce livestock, which generate most of the greenhouse gas emissions. However, efforts to achieve a sustainable rural development are often thwarted by floods, drought, heat waves, and hurricanes, which local communities are not very prepared to tackle. Agricultural practices and local planning are still not very risk-informed. These deficiencies are particularly acute in tropical regions, where many Least Developed Countries are located and where there is, however, great potential for rural development. This Special Issue contains 22 studies on best practices for risk awareness; on local risk reduction; on several cases of soil depletion, water pollution, and sustainable access to safe water; and on agronomy, earth sciences, ecology, economy, environmental engineering, geomatics, materials science, and spatial and regional planning in 12 tropical countries.Research & information: generalbicsscclimate changecontingency planflood risklocal development planrisk managementsustainable rural developmentagricultural droughtheavy rainshydrological droughtmeteorological droughtrisk assessmentSahelearly warninghydrologylocal communitiesNiger river basinrural developmentdisaster risk reductionofficial development assistancepublic participationrisk trackingSendai frameworksustainable developmentdataset validationprecipitationKenyalocal climateASALsQuantile Mappingclimate serviceslocal drought risk reductionsmallholder farmersagrometeorological forecastNigernatural resourcesMauritaniaresource managementregional planningparticipatory approachEO datawater resourcessustainable managementlocal developmentwater for food securitybuilding consolidationextreme precipitationsflood exposuresatellite remote sensingsettlement dynamicsvulnerabilityagricultureNitrate runoffreal-time monitoringwater qualityrural areascant datanitrate contaminationwaterfloodSinai Peninsulaflash floodCORDEXwater harvestingindigenous farmersmultinational corporationssystems thinkingNigeriasub-Saharan Africadroughtrainfall regimesoil biogeochemistrynatural disastersfloodingflood vulnerabilityinequalityrisk premiumexpected annual damagescertainty equivalent annual damagesequity weight expected annual damagesequity weight certainty equivalent annual damagesoil erosionGreat Rift Valley LakesASALdesertificationgroundwater resourcesfluoridemain Ethiopian Rift Valleydeveloping countrieswelfarepanel probit modeladoptionpropensity score matchingwater crisis in Africawater collection and retention systemssand dammigrationrisk communicationvolcanic hazardssocial risk perceptionresiliencedemonstratorscenariomulti-risk analysisclimate-smart agriculturesocio-ecological systemsextensionBelizemilpafood securitysustainabilityphotovoltaic energydesalination systemSIDSCO2 emissionsLCOWLEOWResearch & information: generalTiepolo Maurizioedt251155Tarchiani VieriedtPezzoli AlessandroedtTiepolo MaurizioothTarchiani VieriothPezzoli AlessandroothBOOK9910557685403321Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics3030625UNINA