Contents Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv George Martine and Daniel Schensul Section 1: Population Dynamics and Adaptation: Key Concepts and Perspectives 1.
Populating Adaptation: Incorporating Population Dynamics in Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Daniel Schensul and David Dodman
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Fair and Effective Responses to Urbanization and Climate Change: Tapping Synergies and Avoiding Exclusionary Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, George Martine and Cecilia Tacoli
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Migration as a Response to Local and Global Transformations: A Typology of Mobility in the Context of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cecilia Tacoli
Section 2: Population Data for Adaptation: Sources and Methodologies 4.
Understanding Vulnerability and Adaptation Using Census Data . . . . . . . 55 José Miguel Guzmán, Daniel Schensul and Sainan Zhang
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Harnessing Census Data for Environment and Climate Change Analysis . 74 Deborah Balk, José Miguel Guzmán and Daniel Schensul
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Using Household Surveys in Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Landy Sanchez Peña and Regina Fuchs
Section 3: The Planning and Practice of Adaptation 7.
Adapting Urban Settlements to Climate Change: Local Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in the Urban Areas of Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Daniel Schensul, David Mkwambisi, Sainan Zhang, David Dodman, Thomas Munthali and Dunstan Matekenya
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