Climate change and migration : evidence from the Middle East and North Africa / / Quentin Wodon [and three others], editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.80956 |
Collana | A World Bank study |
Soggetto topico |
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Middle East
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Africa, North Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Middle East Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Africa, North |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8213-9972-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; Introduction; Perceptions and Impacts of Weather Shocks on Households; Tables; Table O.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Last Five Years, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table O.2 Economic Impacts of Weather Shocks, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Table O.3 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table O.4 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Migration; Remittances; Table O.5 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration
Conclusion and Policy Implications Note; Bibliography; Part 1 Synthesis; Chapter 1 Climate Change, Migration, and Adaptation in the MENA Region; Introduction; Perceptions about Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events; Table 1.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.2 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table 1.3 Incidence of Extreme Weather Events and Impact, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.4 Economic Impacts of Environmental Change, Five Countries, 2011; Migration; Table 1.5 Share of Households with Migrants-Household Level Table 1.6 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration Remittances; Other Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table 1.7 Household Coping Strategies to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.8 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Community and Government Programs; Table 1.9 Adaptive Strategies of Communities to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.10 Government Programs to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part 2 Focus Countries and Data; Chapter 2 Focus Countries; Introduction Criteria for the Choice of Focus Countries Table 2.1 Population Data for the Most Populated Arab Countries, 2012; Table 2.2 Areas within Arab Countries Vulnerable to Droughts; Algerian Context; Egyptian Context; Moroccan Context; Syrian Context; Yemeni Context; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Data Collection; Introduction; Household Survey Questionnaire; Household Survey Data Collection; Maps; Map 3.1 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Algeria; Map 3.2 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Arab Republic of Egypt Map 3.3 Maps of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Morocco Map 3.4 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Syrian Arab Republic; Map 3.5 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Republic of Yemen; Figure; Figure 3.1 Sampling Methodology for the Household Surveys; Table 3.1 Location Information for Algeria Survey Sample; Table 3.2 Location Information for Arab Republic of Egypt Survey Sample; Table 3.3 Location Information for Morocco Survey Sample; Table 3.4 Location Information for Syrian Arab Republic Survey Sample Table 3.5 Location Information for Republic of Yemen Survey Sample |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464642903321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and migration : evidence from the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Quentin Wodon, Andrea Liverani, George Joseph, and Nathalie Bougnoux |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : World Bank, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 304.80956 |
Collana | A World Bank study |
Soggetto topico |
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Middle East
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Africa, North Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Middle East Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Africa, North |
ISBN | 0-8213-9972-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; Introduction; Perceptions and Impacts of Weather Shocks on Households; Tables; Table O.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Last Five Years, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table O.2 Economic Impacts of Weather Shocks, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Table O.3 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table O.4 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Migration; Remittances; Table O.5 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration
Conclusion and Policy Implications Note; Bibliography; Part 1 Synthesis; Chapter 1 Climate Change, Migration, and Adaptation in the MENA Region; Introduction; Perceptions about Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events; Table 1.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.2 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table 1.3 Incidence of Extreme Weather Events and Impact, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.4 Economic Impacts of Environmental Change, Five Countries, 2011; Migration; Table 1.5 Share of Households with Migrants-Household Level Table 1.6 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration Remittances; Other Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table 1.7 Household Coping Strategies to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.8 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Community and Government Programs; Table 1.9 Adaptive Strategies of Communities to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.10 Government Programs to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part 2 Focus Countries and Data; Chapter 2 Focus Countries; Introduction Criteria for the Choice of Focus Countries Table 2.1 Population Data for the Most Populated Arab Countries, 2012; Table 2.2 Areas within Arab Countries Vulnerable to Droughts; Algerian Context; Egyptian Context; Moroccan Context; Syrian Context; Yemeni Context; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Data Collection; Introduction; Household Survey Questionnaire; Household Survey Data Collection; Maps; Map 3.1 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Algeria; Map 3.2 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Arab Republic of Egypt Map 3.3 Maps of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Morocco Map 3.4 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Syrian Arab Republic; Map 3.5 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Republic of Yemen; Figure; Figure 3.1 Sampling Methodology for the Household Surveys; Table 3.1 Location Information for Algeria Survey Sample; Table 3.2 Location Information for Arab Republic of Egypt Survey Sample; Table 3.3 Location Information for Morocco Survey Sample; Table 3.4 Location Information for Syrian Arab Republic Survey Sample Table 3.5 Location Information for Republic of Yemen Survey Sample |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786780203321 |
New York : , : World Bank, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and migration : evidence from the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Quentin Wodon, Andrea Liverani, George Joseph, and Nathalie Bougnoux |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : World Bank, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 304.80956 |
Collana | A World Bank study |
Soggetto topico |
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Middle East
Migration, Internal - Environmental aspects - Africa, North Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Middle East Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Africa, North |
ISBN | 0-8213-9972-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; Introduction; Perceptions and Impacts of Weather Shocks on Households; Tables; Table O.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Last Five Years, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table O.2 Economic Impacts of Weather Shocks, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Table O.3 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table O.4 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Migration; Remittances; Table O.5 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration
Conclusion and Policy Implications Note; Bibliography; Part 1 Synthesis; Chapter 1 Climate Change, Migration, and Adaptation in the MENA Region; Introduction; Perceptions about Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events; Table 1.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.2 Weather Shocks and Impact on Agriculture, Morocco, 2009/10; Table 1.3 Incidence of Extreme Weather Events and Impact, Five Countries, 2011; Table 1.4 Economic Impacts of Environmental Change, Five Countries, 2011; Migration; Table 1.5 Share of Households with Migrants-Household Level Table 1.6 Summary Results from Regression Analysis on Weather Shocks and Migration Remittances; Other Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table 1.7 Household Coping Strategies to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.8 Adaptive Strategies of Households to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Community and Government Programs; Table 1.9 Adaptive Strategies of Communities to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Table 1.10 Government Programs to Deal with Climate Change and Shocks; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part 2 Focus Countries and Data; Chapter 2 Focus Countries; Introduction Criteria for the Choice of Focus Countries Table 2.1 Population Data for the Most Populated Arab Countries, 2012; Table 2.2 Areas within Arab Countries Vulnerable to Droughts; Algerian Context; Egyptian Context; Moroccan Context; Syrian Context; Yemeni Context; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Data Collection; Introduction; Household Survey Questionnaire; Household Survey Data Collection; Maps; Map 3.1 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Algeria; Map 3.2 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Arab Republic of Egypt Map 3.3 Maps of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in Morocco Map 3.4 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Syrian Arab Republic; Map 3.5 Map of the Selected Area for the Household Survey in the Republic of Yemen; Figure; Figure 3.1 Sampling Methodology for the Household Surveys; Table 3.1 Location Information for Algeria Survey Sample; Table 3.2 Location Information for Arab Republic of Egypt Survey Sample; Table 3.3 Location Information for Morocco Survey Sample; Table 3.4 Location Information for Syrian Arab Republic Survey Sample Table 3.5 Location Information for Republic of Yemen Survey Sample |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819725003321 |
New York : , : World Bank, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The decline of Iranshahr : irrigation and environment in the Middle East, 500 B.C. - A.D. 1500 / / Peter Christensen ;translated by Steven Sampson |
Autore | Christensen Peter <1947-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 956 |
Soggetto topico | Irrigation - Middle East - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-350-98859-6
1-83860-936-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511694803321 |
Christensen Peter <1947-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The decline of Iranshahr : irrigation and environment in the Middle East, 500 B.C. - A.D. 1500 / / Peter Christensen ;translated by Steven Sampson |
Autore | Christensen Peter <1947-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 956 |
Soggetto topico | Irrigation - Middle East - History |
ISBN |
1-350-98859-6
1-83860-936-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793403403321 |
Christensen Peter <1947-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The decline of Iranshahr : irrigation and environment in the Middle East, 500 B.C. - A.D. 1500 / / Peter Christensen ;translated by Steven Sampson |
Autore | Christensen Peter <1947-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 956 |
Soggetto topico | Irrigation - Middle East - History |
ISBN |
1-350-98859-6
1-83860-936-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827226303321 |
Christensen Peter <1947-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Diana K. Davis and Edmund Burke III ; with an afterword by Timothy Mitchell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20956 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DavisDiana K
BurkeEdmund <1940-> MitchellTimothy <1955-> |
Collana | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
ISBN | 0-8214-4425-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Imperialism, Orientalism, and the Environment in the Middle East : History, Policy, Power, and Practice / Diana K. Davis -- "A Rebellion of Technology" : Development, Policing, and the British Arabian Imaginary / Priya Satia -- Restoring Roman Nature : French Identity and North African Environmental History / Diana K. Davis -- Body of Work : Water and Reimagining the Sahara in the Era of Decolonization / George R. Trumbull IV -- From the Bottom Up : The Nile, Silt, and Humans in Ottoman Egypt / Alan Mikhail -- Drafting a Map of Colonial Egypt : The 1902 Aswan Dam, Historical Imagination, and the Production of Agricultural Geography / Jennifer L. Derr -- Remapping the Nation, Critiquing the State : Environmental Narratives and Desert Land Reclamation in Egypt / Jeannie Sowers -- Salts, Soils, and (Un)Sustainabilities? Analyzing Narratives of Environmental Change in Southeastern Turkey / Leila M. Harris -- Hydro-Imaginaries and the Construction of the Political Geography of the Jordan River : The Johnston Mission, 1953/56 / Samer Alatout -- Environmentalism Deferred : Nationalisms and Israeli/Palestinian Imaginaries / Shaul Cohen. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457847403321 |
Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 304.20956 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
Soggetto topico |
Environment and ecology - Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453188303321 |
New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 304.20956 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
Soggetto topico |
Environment and ecology - Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779758003321 |
New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand : environmental histories of the middle east and north africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 304.20956 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction-Middle East Environmental History: The Fallow between Two Fields -- 1. The Eccentricity of the Middle East and North Africa's Environmental History -- 2. History and Animal Energy in the Arid Zone -- 3. The Little Ice Age Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: A Conjuncture in Middle East Environmental History -- 4. Fish and Fishermen in Ottoman Istanbul -- 5. Plague and Environment in Late Ottoman Egypt -- 6. Through an Ocean of Sand: Pastoralism and the Equestrian Culture of the Eurasian Steppe -- 7. Enclosing Nature in North Africa: National Parks and the Politics of Environmental History -- 8. Building the Past: Rockscapes and the Aswan High Dam in Egypt -- 9. The Rise and Decline of Environmentalism in Lebanon -- 10. State of Nature: The Politics of Water in the Making of Saudi Arabia -- 11. Expanding the Nile's Watershed: The Science and Politics of Land Reclamation in Egypt -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818156703321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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