Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics

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...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-765252024-03-27T16:34:41Z Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics Tiepolo, Maurizio Tarchiani, Vieri Pezzoli, Alessandro climate change contingency plan flood risk local development plan risk management sustainable rural development agricultural drought heavy rains hydrological drought meteorological drought risk assessment Sahel early warning hydrology local communities Niger river basin rural development disaster risk reduction official development assistance public participation risk tracking Sendai framework sustainable development dataset validation precipitation Kenya local climate ASALs Quantile Mapping climate services local drought risk reduction smallholder farmers agrometeorological forecast Niger natural resources Mauritania resource management regional planning participatory approach EO data water resources sustainable management local development water for food security building consolidation extreme precipitations flood exposure satellite remote sensing settlement dynamics vulnerability agriculture Nitrate runoff real-time monitoring water quality rural area scant data nitrate contamination water flood Sinai Peninsula flash flood CORDEX water harvesting indigenous farmers multinational corporations systems thinking Nigeria sub-Saharan Africa drought rainfall regime soil biogeochemistry natural disasters flooding flood vulnerability inequality risk premium expected annual damages certainty equivalent annual damages equity weight expected annual damages equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage soil erosion Great Rift Valley Lakes ASAL desertification groundwater resources fluoride main Ethiopian Rift Valley developing countries welfare panel probit model adoption propensity score matching water crisis in Africa water collection and retention systems sand dam migration risk communication volcanic hazards social risk perception resilience demonstrator scenario multi-risk analysis climate-smart agriculture socio-ecological systems extension Belize milpa food security sustainability photovoltaic energy desalination system SIDS CO2 emissions LCOW LEOW n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general 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. 2022-01-11T13:34:32Z 2022-01-11T13:34:32Z 2021 book ONIX_20220111_9783036513706_261 9783036513706 9783036513690 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76525 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3971 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3971 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1369-0 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1369-0 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036513706 9783036513690 470 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle climate change
contingency plan
flood risk
local development plan
risk management
sustainable rural development
agricultural drought
heavy rains
hydrological drought
meteorological drought
risk assessment
Sahel
early warning
hydrology
local communities
Niger river basin
rural development
disaster risk reduction
official development assistance
public participation
risk tracking
Sendai framework
sustainable development
dataset validation
precipitation
Kenya
local climate
ASALs
Quantile Mapping
climate services
local drought risk reduction
smallholder farmers
agrometeorological forecast
Niger
natural resources
Mauritania
resource management
regional planning
participatory approach
EO data
water resources
sustainable management
local development
water for food security
building consolidation
extreme precipitations
flood exposure
satellite remote sensing
settlement dynamics
vulnerability
agriculture
Nitrate runoff
real-time monitoring
water quality
rural area
scant data
nitrate contamination
water
flood
Sinai Peninsula
flash flood
CORDEX
water harvesting
indigenous farmers
multinational corporations
systems thinking
Nigeria
sub-Saharan Africa
drought
rainfall regime
soil biogeochemistry
natural disasters
flooding
flood vulnerability
inequality
risk premium
expected annual damages
certainty equivalent annual damages
equity weight expected annual damages
equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage
soil erosion
Great Rift Valley Lakes
ASAL
desertification
groundwater resources
fluoride
main Ethiopian Rift Valley
developing countries
welfare
panel probit model
adoption
propensity score matching
water crisis in Africa
water collection and retention systems
sand dam
migration
risk communication
volcanic hazards
social risk perception
resilience
demonstrator
scenario
multi-risk analysis
climate-smart agriculture
socio-ecological systems
extension
Belize
milpa
food security
sustainability
photovoltaic energy
desalination system
SIDS
CO2 emissions
LCOW
LEOW
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title_full Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title_fullStr Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title_full_unstemmed Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title_short Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the Rural Tropics
title_sort risk informed sustainable development in the rural tropics
topic climate change
contingency plan
flood risk
local development plan
risk management
sustainable rural development
agricultural drought
heavy rains
hydrological drought
meteorological drought
risk assessment
Sahel
early warning
hydrology
local communities
Niger river basin
rural development
disaster risk reduction
official development assistance
public participation
risk tracking
Sendai framework
sustainable development
dataset validation
precipitation
Kenya
local climate
ASALs
Quantile Mapping
climate services
local drought risk reduction
smallholder farmers
agrometeorological forecast
Niger
natural resources
Mauritania
resource management
regional planning
participatory approach
EO data
water resources
sustainable management
local development
water for food security
building consolidation
extreme precipitations
flood exposure
satellite remote sensing
settlement dynamics
vulnerability
agriculture
Nitrate runoff
real-time monitoring
water quality
rural area
scant data
nitrate contamination
water
flood
Sinai Peninsula
flash flood
CORDEX
water harvesting
indigenous farmers
multinational corporations
systems thinking
Nigeria
sub-Saharan Africa
drought
rainfall regime
soil biogeochemistry
natural disasters
flooding
flood vulnerability
inequality
risk premium
expected annual damages
certainty equivalent annual damages
equity weight expected annual damages
equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage
soil erosion
Great Rift Valley Lakes
ASAL
desertification
groundwater resources
fluoride
main Ethiopian Rift Valley
developing countries
welfare
panel probit model
adoption
propensity score matching
water crisis in Africa
water collection and retention systems
sand dam
migration
risk communication
volcanic hazards
social risk perception
resilience
demonstrator
scenario
multi-risk analysis
climate-smart agriculture
socio-ecological systems
extension
Belize
milpa
food security
sustainability
photovoltaic energy
desalination system
SIDS
CO2 emissions
LCOW
LEOW
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet climate change
contingency plan
flood risk
local development plan
risk management
sustainable rural development
agricultural drought
heavy rains
hydrological drought
meteorological drought
risk assessment
Sahel
early warning
hydrology
local communities
Niger river basin
rural development
disaster risk reduction
official development assistance
public participation
risk tracking
Sendai framework
sustainable development
dataset validation
precipitation
Kenya
local climate
ASALs
Quantile Mapping
climate services
local drought risk reduction
smallholder farmers
agrometeorological forecast
Niger
natural resources
Mauritania
resource management
regional planning
participatory approach
EO data
water resources
sustainable management
local development
water for food security
building consolidation
extreme precipitations
flood exposure
satellite remote sensing
settlement dynamics
vulnerability
agriculture
Nitrate runoff
real-time monitoring
water quality
rural area
scant data
nitrate contamination
water
flood
Sinai Peninsula
flash flood
CORDEX
water harvesting
indigenous farmers
multinational corporations
systems thinking
Nigeria
sub-Saharan Africa
drought
rainfall regime
soil biogeochemistry
natural disasters
flooding
flood vulnerability
inequality
risk premium
expected annual damages
certainty equivalent annual damages
equity weight expected annual damages
equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage
soil erosion
Great Rift Valley Lakes
ASAL
desertification
groundwater resources
fluoride
main Ethiopian Rift Valley
developing countries
welfare
panel probit model
adoption
propensity score matching
water crisis in Africa
water collection and retention systems
sand dam
migration
risk communication
volcanic hazards
social risk perception
resilience
demonstrator
scenario
multi-risk analysis
climate-smart agriculture
socio-ecological systems
extension
Belize
milpa
food security
sustainability
photovoltaic energy
desalination system
SIDS
CO2 emissions
LCOW
LEOW
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
url ONIX_20220111_9783036513706_261