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Volume 60, Number 1, December 2009
This special issue focuses on community-based approaches to climate change adaptation, building on the priorities, knowledge, and capacities of local people. It discusses how community-based approaches have emerged, and compares them with other participatory development and disaster risk reduction approaches. It highlights innovative participatory methods to help communities analyse the causes and effects of climate change, integrate scientific and community knowledge, and plan appropriate adaptation measures.

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Open Access Editorial
pp. 3-8(6)

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Open Access Community-based adaptation to climate change: an overview
pp. 11-33(23)
Authors: Reid, Hannah; Alam, Mozaharul; Berger, Rachel; Cannon, Terry; Huq, Saleemul; Milligan, Angela

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pp. 34-38(5)

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Open Access Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states
pp. 41-53(13)
Authors: Kelman, Ilan; Mercer, Jessica; West, Jennifer J.

Open Access Children's participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change
pp. 54-64(11)
Authors: Tanner, Thomas; Garcia, Mercedes; Lazcano, Jimena; Molina, Fatima; Molina, Grace; Rodriguez, Gonzalo; Tribunalo, Baltz; Seballos, Fran

Open Access Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change
pp. 65-75(11)
Authors: Sherwood, Stephen; Bentley, Jeffery

Open Access Participatory rice variety selection in Sri Lanka
pp. 88-98(11)
Authors: Berger, Rachel; Weregoda, Rohana; Rathnabharathie, Varuna

Open Access Participatory threedimensional mapping for disaster risk reduction
pp. 109-118(10)
Authors: Gaillard, Jean-Christophe; Maceda, Emmanuel A.

Open Access Farmers become filmmakers: climate change adaptation in Malawi
pp. 129-138(10)
Authors: Baumhardt, Fernanda; Lasage, Ralph; Suarez, Pablo; Chadza, Charles

Open Access Mental models: understanding the causes and consequences of climate change
pp. 154-159(6)
Authors: Tschakert, Petra; Sagoe, Regina

Open Access Child-friendly participatory research tools
pp. 160-166(7)
Authors: Molina, Grace; Molina, Fatima; Tanner, Thomas; Seballos, Fran

Open Access Participatory scenario development for climate change adaptation
pp. 167-172(6)
Authors: Bizikova, Livia; Dickinson, Thea; Pintér, László

Open Access Reflections on practical ethics for participatory community-based adaptation
pp. 173-178(6)
Authors: Absalom, Elkanah; Rambaldi, Giacomo

Open Access Rivers of life
pp. 183-186(4)
Author: Moussa, Ziad

Book reviews

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pp. 189-198(10)

Events and training

Open Access Events and training
pp. 199-205(7)

e-participation

Open Access e-participation
pp. 206-209(4)

RCPLA Network

Open Access RCPLA Network
pp. 211-217(7)

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