Journal articles: 'Climate coping'

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Törner, Marianne, Anders Pousette, Pernilla Larsman, and Sven Hemlin. "Coping With Paradoxical Demands Through an Organizational Climate of Perceived Organizational Support." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 53, no. 1 (October 3, 2016): 117–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021886316671577.

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Organizational demands on productivity, innovations, and safety may seem paradoxical. How can the organization support employees to cope with such paradox? Based on organizational climate measures of safety, occupational health, innovativeness, and production effectiveness, we explored if a second-order organizational climate could be identified, that was associated with staff safety, health, innovations and team effectiveness, and if such a climate could be represented by an organizational climate of perceived organizational support (POS). Questionnaire data were collected from 137 workgroups in four Swedish companies in construction and mining. Analyses (structural equation modeling) were done at the workgroup level and a split sample technique used to investigate relations between climates and outcomes. A general second-order organizational climate was identified. Also, an organizational climate constructed by items selected to represent POS, was associated with team effectiveness, innovations, and safety. A POS-climate may facilitate employees’ coping with paradoxes, and provide a heuristic for managers in decision making.

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Fuller, Andrea, Terence Dawson, Brian Helmuth, Robyn S. Hetem, Duncan Mitchell, and Shane K. Maloney. "Physiological Mechanisms in Coping with Climate Change." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83, no. 5 (September 2010): 713–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/652242.

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Rogers, Peter. "Coping with Global Warming and Climate Change." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 134, no. 3 (May 2008): 203–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(2008)134:3(203).

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Steffen, Will, John Sims, James Walcott, and Greg Laughlin. "Australian agriculture: coping with dangerous climate change." Regional Environmental Change 11, S1 (November 10, 2010): 205–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-010-0178-5.

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van Koppen, C. S. A. (Kris), Arthur P. J. Mol, and Jan P. M. van Tatenhove. "Coping with extreme climate events: Institutional flocking." Futures 42, no. 7 (September 2010): 749–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2010.04.024.

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Mah, Andrea Y. J., Daniel A. Chapman, Ezra M. Markowitz, and Brian Lickel. "Coping with climate change: Three insights for research, intervention, and communication to promote adaptive coping to climate change." Journal of Anxiety Disorders 75 (October 2020): 102282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102282.

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Smith, Joel B., Kenneth M. Strzepek, Julio Cardini, Mario Castaneda, Julie Holland, Carlos Quiroz, Tom M. L. Wigley, Jose Herrero, Peter Hearne, and John Furlow. "Coping with climate variability and climate change in La Ceiba, Honduras." Climatic Change 108, no. 3 (August 9, 2011): 457–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0161-2.

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Gano-Overway, Lori A., Enza Steele, B. Ann Boyce, and Diane Whaley. "Exploring relationships between the coach-initiated motivational climate and psychological coping skills over the high school American football season." International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 12, no. 6 (October 26, 2017): 790–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954117738873.

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This study investigated the relationship between the perceived coach-initiated motivational climate and psychological coping skills over a competitive high school football season as well as changes in perceptions of the climate over the season. Near the beginning (Time 1) and end of the season (Time 2), 101 players from five competitive high school American football programs completed the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2 and the Athletic Coping Skill Inventory-28. A hierarchical linear regression revealed that Time 2 task-involving climate predicted Time 2 psychological coping skills when controlling for Time 1 psychological coping skills. Repeated measure multivariate analysis of variance results demonstrated that players perceived a decrease in the task-involving climate and an increase in the ego-involving climate over the course of the competitive season. These results add to the research on the positive role of a task-involving climate in the sport domain. Additionally, this research provides insight into how perceptions of the coach-initiated motivational climate can shift over the course of the competitive season.

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Frydenberg, Erica. "Coping and its correlates: What the adolescent coping scale tells us." Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist 11, no. 2 (November 1994): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0816512200027000.

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ABSTRACTThis paper on the coping actions of Australian adolescents reporls on research spanning a 5-year period. The central indicator of coping in this work is the Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS), an 80-item checklist that identifies 18 coping strategies commonly used by adolescents. There are clear indications that age, gender, and family of origin are concomitants of coping. Furthermore, coping varies according to adolescent perceptions of the self, perception of the adolescent's ability by others, family climate, and the experience of stress in the family. Positive family climate is generally associated with the use of functional styles of coping. Adolescents who are identified as highly able or gifted use a different coping repertoire in comparison to their nongifted peers. Young people in intact or separated households use similar strategies to manage their general concerns. Moreover, those dealing with separation of parents were generally as adaptive in their use of coping strategies.

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Gautam, Narayan Prasad, Pengei Wu, and Nirjala Raut. "Institutional and External Assistance to Cope Climatic Shocks: a case study from Barpak village of Gorkha District." Journal of Forest and Natural Resource Management 1, no. 1 (February 10, 2019): 32–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfnrm.v1i1.22650.

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This paper is based on the case study which was carried out to investigate post institutional and external support to hazard events in Barpak village of Gorkha district. Primary data were collected from household survey where one hundred households were interviewed using structured schedule. An economic stratum of the household was used as variables for the study. Sampled households were categorized into three sub strata i.e. rich, medium and poor. More or less equal number of each stratum participated in household survey. Simple descriptive statistics was used for data analysis where percentage, weighted mean were used to interpret the results. Perceptions of the sampled households were tested with independent chi-square. Result shows that media plays an important role to disseminate about the knowledge on climate change and associated impacts in the villagers. Climate change information, loan as well as donation for coping to climate variability and technical know-how are the major support that people obtained in the village for coping climatic hazards. Poor villagers are almost dissatisfied with almost all supports experiencing while coping against climatic hazards than that of rich and medium strata family of the village.

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Ezenwa, L. I., L. A. Onyegbulam, and P. Omondi. "Climate variability and gender differentials in decision making processes among farming households in Baringo county, Kenya and Jigawa state, Nigeria: A comparative assessment." Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 24, no. 2 (December 18, 2018): 191–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjpas.v24i2.9.

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This paper describes the impact of household activities by gender in areas vulnerable to climatic variability. A multistage sampling technique was applied, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. Primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire while secondary data was obtained from the Meteorological Department Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria. Data obtained were analysed using frequency distribution, trend analysis, percentage and means. A total of 338 respondents were sampled in Baringo County and 158 respondents in Jigawa State. Trend in rainfall pattern has been unstable and fluctuates by 0.44mm and 19.96mm in Baringo County, Kenya and Jigawa State, Nigeria respectively. Majority of the respondents 94.1 % (Baringo county) and 60.68% (Jigawa State) affirmed that the climate is no longer stable following observed variations in the elements of climate over time. Perception of respondents were in line with the climatic data records. A differential assessment on socially contructed roles of male and female respondents in farming households of Baringo County, Kenya revealed that males are key decision makers in choice of crop/seed to plant (50.6%), livestock keeping/feeding (57.4%), land preparation (52.4%) and coping strategies to adopt for climate variability (57.1%). Similarly, males in Jigawa State, Nigeria took charge, leading decisions on crop/seed to plant (60.7%), livestock keeping/feeding (51.6%), and coping strategies to adopt for climate variability (58.8%) while their females are key decion makers in land preparation activities (57.5%). This implies that female decisions (on agricultural activities and climate variability) in the study areas are secondary.Keywords: Climate variability, Livelihood, Gender, Adaptation/coping strategies

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Vukelić, Milica, Svetlana Čizmić, and Ivana B. Petrović. "Acceptance of Workplace Bullying Behaviors and Job Satisfaction: Moderated Mediation Analysis With Coping Self-Efficacy and Exposure to Bullying." Psychological Reports 122, no. 5 (August 16, 2018): 1883–906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294118793985.

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Previous research explored workplace climate as a factor of workplace bullying and coping with workplace bullying, but these concepts were not closely related to workplace bullying behaviors (WBBs). To examine whether the perceived exposure to bullying mediates the relationship between the climate of accepting WBBs and job satisfaction under the condition of different levels of WBBs coping self-efficacy beliefs, we performed moderated mediation analysis. The Negative Acts Questionnaire – Revised was given to 329 employees from Serbia for assessing perceived exposure to bullying. Leaving the original scale items, the instruction of the original Negative Acts Questionnaire – Revised was modified for assessing (1) the climate of accepting WBBs and (2) WBBs coping self-efficacy beliefs. There was a significant negative relationship between exposure to bullying and job satisfaction. WBB acceptance climate was positively related to exposure to workplace bullying and negatively related to job satisfaction. WBB acceptance climate had an indirect relationship with job satisfaction through bullying exposure, and the relationship between WBB acceptance and exposure to bullying was weaker among those who believed that they were more efficient in coping with workplace bullying. Workplace bullying could be sustained by WBB acceptance climate which threatens the job-related outcomes. WBBs coping self-efficacy beliefs have some buffering effects.

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Declaro-Ruedas, Mary Yole Apple. "Strategies Use by Garlic Growers in Coping with Climate Variability in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines." Journal of Agricultural Extension 24, no. 2 (May 10, 2020): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v24i2.5.

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The study determined garlic grower’s perception on livelihoods’ vulnerability to climate variability, the coping strategies employed, and the relationship between the profile and their coping mechanism to climate variability. Correlational research design was employed in this study. The respondents were randomly selected from the registered list of garlic growers in the municipalities of San Jose, Magsaysay, Calintaan, Rizal, Looc and Lubang of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. Survey, interview guide and observation with the garlic growers and farmer leaders were done. Result showed vulnerability to climate variability indicators that were always perceived were pest and disease, lack of water supply and low quality of crops. The coping strategies that was always practiced was irrigating the land more during dry season using water pumps, since garlic is usually planted in the months of December to April. However, respondents indicated they ‘never’ got crop insurance and do not let their land be leased or rented by other farmers. Further, age and farming experience have significant relationship with coping mechanism employed. Keywords: garlic, coping mechanism, climate variability, crop insurance

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Patrick, Hosea Olayiwola. "Climate change and water insecurity in rural uMkhanyakude District Municipality: an assessment of coping strategies for rural South Africa." H2Open Journal 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 29–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2021.009.

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Abstract The vulnerability of Africa to climate change extremes and eventual impacts is extremely high due to the weak coping strategies prevalent in the continent. The peculiarity of South Africa to these vulnerabilities, especially for water security, is an issue of socioeconomic and policy issue. Based on the premises of human security, the study assesses the coping strategies of rural communities in South Africa, focusing on uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, given the effects of climate change-induced water scarcity on the area. The study employed a multilayered descriptive mixed method triangulation approach. It focused specifically on the connection between water and climate change and the adopted everyday vertical and horizontal coping strategies. The findings revealed a strong correlation between the behavioral and traditional coping strategies in the study area, water depletion/scarcity, and climate change. It also showed that government institutions are reactionary in their response to climate change-induced impacts. The study, therefore, recommends a pre-resilience mechanism that makes institutions and individuals proactive rather than adopting a reactionary post-resilience strategy in response to the effects of climate change-induced water security.

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Runtunuwu, Eleonora, Irsal Las, Istiqlal Amien, and Haris Syahbuddin. "UTILIZING CROPPING CALENDAR IN COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE." Jurnal Ecolab 5, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.20886/jklh.2011.5.1.1-14.

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Timmer, C. Peter. "Coping with Climate Change: a Food Policy Approach." World Food Policy 1, no. 1 (2014): 56–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.18278/wfp.1.1.4.

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Haltinner, Kristin, and Dilshani Sarathchandra. "Climate change skepticism as a psychological coping strategy." Sociology Compass 12, no. 6 (April 30, 2018): e12586. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12586.

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Antwi-Agyei, Philip, and Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong. "Evidence of Climate Change Coping and Adaptation Practices by Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana." Sustainability 13, no. 3 (January 27, 2021): 1308. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13031308.

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Evidence on how coping practices for immediate climate variations can transform into long-term adaptive capacity are relatively limited. This study addressed this gap by identifying the coping practices for short-term climate variations and the adaptation measures used by smallholder farmers to address future climate change in northeast Ghana. The paper used a mixed-methods approach, including household surveys, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Data were collected from 555 households located in six communities across three districts in northeast Ghana. Results indicated that smallholder farmers were employing a host of practices to address the threats posed by climate change. Key adaptation practices included the planting of drought-tolerant crop varieties, the use of indigenous knowledge, intensification of irrigation, migration, adjusting the planting calendar, crop diversification, mixed farming, and sustainable land management practices. On the contrary, short-term coping practices reported by the study participants included the sale of non-farm assets, complementing agriculture with non-farm jobs, selling livestock, engaging in wage labor, charcoal burning and reliance on social networks. The results further revealed that barriers to climate change adaptation and coping practices differed by gender. The paper recommends that capacities of smallholder farmers in vulnerability hotspots should be enhanced to address immediate climate variations, as well as future climate changes. Ghana’s climate change and agricultural policies should prioritize adaptations by smallholder farmers in addressing threats posed by climate change.

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Arku, Frank S., Emmanuel N. Angmor, and Godlove T. Adjei. "Perception and responses of traders to climate change in downtown, Accra, Ghana." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 9, no. 1 (January 9, 2017): 56–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-03-2016-0027.

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Purpose What people understand by climate change can differ depending on whether and how the change affects their livelihoods. It is largely documented that farmers who depend on rainfall to cultivate crops understand climate change as a change in climatic elements, especially rainfall which negatively affects crop production. However, studies on how people whose livelihoods do not directly depend on climate change understand it, whether and how the changes affect their livelihoods and whether and how they are coping to the change are limited in the literature. This paper aims to therefore determine perspective of traders of climate change and how they cope. Design/methodology/approach The data collection took place in Accra, which is the capital city of Ghana. Thousand traders who sold unprocessed and processed food as well as manufactured goods took part in the study. Questionnaires which were largely open-ended were administered. SPSS version 16 was used to analyse the data. In addition, some of the interview responses were included verbatim to support study participants view on some issues. Findings The majority of the respondents engaged in trading of manufactured goods. The respondents understood climate change as prolonged dry season and changes in rainfall pattern. About 97 per cent of the respondents said climate change had negatively impacted their trading activities, and almost all respondents (91 per cent) who were affected by climate change livelihoods were also affected such that they were unable to meet their basic needs. About 23 per cent have adopted coping strategies by depending on friends, relatives and engaging in menial jobs, and 63 per cent adopted no coping strategy. Originality/value It seems that rural farmers may have more options than urban traders during climate change. This can mean that research and policy efforts towards adaption to climate change should not focus only on farmers but traders as well.

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ADEYEYE, O. A., O. T. ONIFADE, and O. A. ADESINA. "COTTON FARMERS’ PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA." Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment 15, no. 2 (February 13, 2020): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.51406/jagse.v15i2.1975.

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Climate change has been a major threat to agriculture in Nigeria. This study was carried out in Imeko Afon Local Government Area. Purposive selection of all practicing cotton farmers (54) at the time of survey was made from the study area. The mean age of respondents is 56years. The household size is 7persons and the average annual income is N9, 972.00k. The mean score of famers’ perception about the climate change and its effects on cotton production is 2.62. Farmers’ stated that there is an increase temperature due to change in climatic condition (Ẍ= 3.45, S.D ± 1.152), and fluctuation in rainfall pattern (Ẍ= 4.04, S.D ± 0.999). Adopted coping strategies to cushion effects of climate change include; increase use of agro-chemicals (Ẍ = 3.35, S.D ± 0.677), integrated weed pest management (Ẍ = 3.44, S.D ± 0.839) and application of fertilizer to improve the depleted soil nutrients (Ẍ = 3.19, S.D ± 0.646). Results indicates a significant relationship between respondents perceived effects on climate change and coping strategies (r =0.890**, P< 0.05). The study recommends that government agricultural and meteorological agencies should provide timely information to farmers on the climate and means of ameliorating the effects of climate change.

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Zhao, Chao. "The Climate Fluctuation of the 8.2 ka BP Cooling Event and the Transition into Neolithic Lifeways in North China." Quaternary 3, no. 3 (August 4, 2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/quat3030023.

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Early Neolithic lifeways in North China, which are marked by a low-level food production economy, population aggregation, and sedentism, thrived just after the period of a climatic cooling event at 8.2 ka. Instead of simply regarding this climate fluctuation as a cause for the significant socio-economic transition, this paper attempts to explore the interplay between people’s choices of coping strategies with climate change as a perspective to learn how people respond to this climate fluctuation and how such responses generated the interlocked socio-economic transitions. This analysis indicates that pre-existing changes in human adaptive behaviors prior to the cooling events were sufficient to enable people in certain areas to apply the intensification of food procurement in circumscribed territories as a strategy to cope with the climate fluctuations of the 8.2 ka BP cooling event. The application of such a coping strategy facilitated the economic and sociopolitical transition into Neolithic lifeways and led to the flourishing development of Neolithic cultures after 8 ka BP in North China.

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Ojala, Maria, and Hans Bengtsson. "Young People’s Coping Strategies Concerning Climate Change: Relations to Perceived Communication With Parents and Friends and Proenvironmental Behavior." Environment and Behavior 51, no. 8 (March 20, 2018): 907–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916518763894.

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Taking its departure in the transactional theory of coping and socialization theories, this questionnaire study investigates how coping with climate change among late adolescents ( N = 705) relates to proenvironmental behavior and communication with significant others about societal problems. Deemphasizing the problem was negatively associated with proenvironmental behavior, whereas problem-focused and meaning-focused coping were positively associated with proenvironmental behavior. Two communication patterns with fathers, mothers, and friends were identified: one solution oriented and supportive, and one dismissive and doom-and-gloom oriented. The positive patterns correlated positively with problem-focused and meaning-focused coping, whereas the negative patterns correlated positively with deemphasizing. Communication with fathers was particularly important in explaining deemphasizing and problem-focused coping. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis showed that coping mediates the effects of communication patterns on behavior, whereas problem-focused coping mediates the influence of other coping strategies on behavior. The study demonstrates the importance of considering coping as a factor in the socialization of proenvironmental behavior.

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Guillard, Mary, Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi, and Oscar Navarro. "Encouraging Individuals to Adapt to Climate Change: Relations between Coping Strategies and Psychological Distance." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 19, 2021): 992. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020992.

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Experts agree that the environmental situation in relation to climate change requires that populations mobilize. In this respect, research on psychological distance shows that the fact of perceiving an event as concrete leads individuals to adapt to this environmental issue. The first aim of this research study is to identify the different types of environmental coping as regards climate change. The second objective is to study the relations between psychological distance relative to climate change and environmental coping strategies via a quasi-experimental protocol. In order to do this, 345 participants were assigned to a group where climate change was presented as more or less distant from a spatial, temporal, social or hypothetical point of view. On the one hand, the results enable the identification of two second-order factors regarding coping strategies in relation to climate change: Strategies centered on accepting climate change and those centered on minimizing its gravity. On the other hand, covariance analyses and path analyses show that, in general, a small psychological distance in relation to climate change is likely to be associated with more strategies centered on accepting climate change and fewer strategies focused on minimizing its gravity. This study leads us to ponder the pertinence of considering the psychological distance model, notably during awareness-raising campaigns.

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Popoola, Oluwabunmi Oluwaseun, Shehu Folaranmi Gbolahan Yusuf, and Nomakhaya Monde. "Information Sources and Constraints to Climate Change Adaptation amongst Smallholder Farmers in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Sustainability 12, no. 14 (July 21, 2020): 5846. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12145846.

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With current global climate change conditions, the urgency to provide agricultural knowledge on adaptation has risen. The dearth of climate change information is one amongst many agricultural production challenges faced by the majority of rural farming communities. This study aimed to identify smallholder farmers’ sources of climate change information and constraints to their coping and adaptation. Descriptive statistical tools, mean scores and the ‘problem confrontation index’ (PCI) were used to assess and describe the study’s findings. Analysis revealed that public extension services play a minute role in rural farmers’ climate change knowledge; they get their information elsewhere. The most critical constraint to climate change coping and adaptation in the study area was lack of access to agricultural extension services.

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Poudel, Jiban Mani. "Eyewitness Accounts on Climate Variability and the Responses: Perspectives from Farmers." Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 5 (June 21, 2012): 171–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v5i0.6362.

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People with different socio-cultural arrangements havedifferent experiences and responses to climatic variability. The place specific experiences and responses at community level still remain a little explored issue in the discourse of climate change research. This paper deals with local experiences of climatic variability which have been monitoring by locals in their lifetime, on the one hand, and, on the other, explore their responses or coping mechanisms which they have been practicing to mitigate with climatic risks. Moreover, farmers’ experiences were documented in term of observed climatic variability in their lifetime focusing on qualitative data. I have used eyewitness accounts and hearsays to document their experiences of climatic variability. Moreover, farmers have developed various coping mechanisms such as indigenous knowledge, utilize kinship based social network, environment friendly cropping practices, and use of alternative sources of water (water-tanker, well-water) for irrigation, arrange rain-making ritual to cope with climatic uncertainty in their lifetime.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v5i0.6362Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5, 2011: 171-90

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Tunde, A. M., and B. S. Ajadi. "INDIGENOUS UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATECHANGE, IMPACTS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN A RURAL SETTING OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA." GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 11, no. 4 (January 4, 2019): 85–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-4-85-99.

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The issue of climate change is so critical to the extent that it affects about seventy five percent of Nigerians’ livelihoods. Climate related events such as floods, rainstorms, increasing temperature and droughts among others have been on the increase in the last few years. These have been attributed to both natural and human causes. This study examines the determinants of local people’s understanding of climate change, impacts and coping strategies in some selected rural communities of Kwara State, Nigeria with a view to comparing their knowledge with scientific knowledge. Eight rural communities were randomly selected from the State within the area representing more than 80% of the total local district areas. Since rural dwellers engage more in primary activities than any other activities, therefore, respondents were selected from farming, hunting and fishing activities. Participatory Rural Appraisal method with emphasis on group discussion technique and observatory technique were employed to collect data from the participants. Climatic data for two climatic normals were collected from the period 1957 to 1986 and 1987to 2016. Descriptive and inferential tools were used to achieve the stated objectives. The results revealed that local people have their own knowledge of the understanding of the climate change and findings revealed further that the farmers and other primary producers in the studied communities were indeed experiencing climate change variability and impacts. Result of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics showed that the average age of respondents was 41.2 years, 80.64% were married, majority, (61.27%) had farming has their main occupation and mean years of experience of respondents was 24.5 years on farm and in the management of environmental resources. The multiple regression result revealed that gender, primary activities, age, local knowledge, coping strategies were found to increase the understanding of climate change of respondents. Focus Group Discussion showed that the respondents were very much aware of the climate change and there exist early warning mechanisms which they put in place against the future weather events. They have different local coping techniques to mitigate the possible impact. It was therefore recommended that more awareness be created to ensure that people realize the consequences of climate change and integrate the local knowledge with the formal strategies.

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van der Hoek, Jan Peter, Paulien Hartog, and Eilard Jacobs. "Coping with climate change in Amsterdam – a watercycle perspective." Journal of Water and Climate Change 5, no. 1 (August 29, 2013): 61–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2013.060.

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Amsterdam has the ambition to develop as a competitive and sustainable European metropolis. Water and Amsterdam are closely related, and water and climate change are closely related. Therefore, to be sustainable and economically strong, it is necessary for Amsterdam to anticipate the changes in climate that will take place in the Netherlands during the coming decades. Waternet, the watercycle company of Amsterdam and surroundings, has built a response strategy focusing on water management to contribute to the aim of making Amsterdam ‘waterproof’ for the next decades. This response strategy has two building blocks: adaptation and mitigation. With respect to adaptation the focus is on safety against flooding, discharge of rainwater without nuisance for the public, ecological healthy water in compliance with the European Water Framework Directive, a reliable drinking water supply in compliance with the Dutch Drinking Water Regulations and the European Drinking Water Directive, and an efficient and effective wastewater treatment in compliance with the European Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. With respect to mitigation the focus is on energy recovery from the watercycle and nutrient recovery from wastewater. The strategy is carried out in close cooperation with partners on a regional level and a national level.

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Ruus, Viive-Riina, Marika Veisson, Mare Leino, Loone Ots, Linda Pallas, Ene-Silvia Sarv, and Anneli Veisson. "STUDENTS' WELL-BEING, COPING, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND SCHOOL CLIMATE." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 35, no. 7 (January 1, 2007): 919–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2007.35.7.919.

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This article presents the results of a student survey conducted in 2004 at Tallinn University within the framework of the project “School as a developmental environment and students' coping.” The questionnaire was completed by 3,838 7th, 9th and 12th grade students from 65 Estonian schools. The project arose from the need to prevent students from school drop-out and repeating grades. The main hypothesis was that by modifying a school's social climate, one can either help or disable the development of students' constructive coping strategies and thus support, or not, students' academic success. Our most important conclusion is that the school climate parameters, especially the school value system and teachers' attitudes toward students as perceived by the latter, influence students' optimistic acceptance of life, their psychological and physiological well-being, and academic success.

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LU, Ya, Keli YIN, Limei QIAN, and Nan SHEN. "The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change and Coping Strategy." Advances in Psychological Science 22, no. 6 (2014): 1016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1042.2014.01016.

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Shuaibu, H. "Farm Households’ Coping Strategies to Climate Change: A Review." British Journal of Applied Science & Technology 4, no. 20 (January 10, 2014): 2864–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/bjast/2014/4402.

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Lenton, R. "Water and climate variability: development impacts and coping strategies." Water Science and Technology 49, no. 7 (April 1, 2004): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0405.

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This paper provides an overview of the relationship between climate variability, integrated water resources management, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. It focuses on tropical countries and the impacts of climate variability on the ability of such countries to achieve the MDGs; examines the coping strategies that must be put in place to address these challenges; and makes recommendations on steps forward.

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Træruvl, Sara, and O. Mertz. "Linking climate trends to coping strategies in northern Tanzania." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 6, no. 41 (February 1, 2009): 412005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1307/6/41/412005.

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Fischer, Alexandra Paige. "Adapting and coping with climate change in temperate forests." Global Environmental Change 54 (January 2019): 160–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.10.011.

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He, Huili, Geping Luo, Peng Cai, Rafiq Hamdi, Piet Termonia, Philippe De Maeyer, Alishir Kurban, and Jianjun Li. "Assessment of Climate Change in Central Asia from 1980 to 2100 Using the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification." Atmosphere 12, no. 1 (January 17, 2021): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010123.

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The accelerated global warming and heterogeneous change in precipitation have been resulting in climate system shifts, which plays a key role in the stability of ecosystem and social economic development. Central Asia is account 80% of the temperate desert, characterized by fragile ecosystem; however, it has experienced the fastest warming in recent decades and projected warming in future. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is a useful tool to assess the potential impacts of climate change on regional ecosystem. The spatial shift and temporal evolution of each climatic zone based on Köppen-Geiger climate classification are analyzed in historical and future period under different scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5), high risk regions that might experience more frequent climatic zone shifts are delimited in this study, which could provide the useful information for developing mitigate strategies in coping with the warming threat. The hotter and dryer subtypes of arid climatic zone and warmer subtypes of temperate climatic zone expanded their coverage in Central Asia, corresponding to the tundra climatic, cooler subtype of arid and temperate climatic zone contracted. Based on a method defining the climate-sensitivity, high risk regions are mainly distributed in northern Kazakhstan and Tianshan Mountains region.

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Lolig, Victor, Samuel A. Donkoh, Francis Kwabena Obeng, Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah, Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Yasuko Kusakari, Kwabena Owusu Asubonteng, et al. "Households’ Coping Strategies in Drought- and Flood-Prone Communities in Northern Ghana." Journal of Disaster Research 9, no. 4 (August 1, 2014): 542–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2014.p0542.

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This study seeks to explore stakeholders’ perceptions, causes, and effects of extreme climatic events, such as droughts and floods, in the Wa West District of Ghana’s Upper West Region. A multi-stage sampling procedure is used to select 184 respondents. Data collection methods include individual questionnaire administration, focus group discussions, and a stakeholders’ forum in the Wa West District Assembly. While frequencies are used to show respondents’ perceptions of the severity of climate change effects, a treatmenteffect model is used to determine the factors influencing farmers’ choices of on-farm coping strategies over off-farm activities in both periods of drought and flood. Findings are the following: farmers perceive that climate change is real and has severe consequences. Consequently, they resort to both on-farm and off-farm strategies to cope with the effects of climate change. While men mostly adopt the former, women adopt the latter. Both strategies are, however, not viable for taking them out of poverty, though offfarm activities are more effective. Education and extension services are other important factors influencing the choice of coping strategies as well as farmers’ welfare. Farmers must be supported with more viable income-earning activities, ones that can take them out of poverty. Women should be given priority. Access to education and extension services must also be stepped up to facilitate the adoption of the coping strategies and to increase welfare.

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Gábor, Géczi, Vincze Géza, Koltai Miklós, and Bognár József. "Elite Young Team Players' Coping, Motivation and Perceived Climate Measures." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 46, no. 1 (December 1, 2009): 229–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10141-009-0020-2.

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Elite Young Team Players' Coping, Motivation and Perceived Climate MeasuresThe purpose of this study was to compare and contrast coping skills, motivational profiles and perceived climate in elite young ice hockey, soccer, water polo and volleyball players. It was also our aim to examine how male and female athletes differ in the above mentioned psychometric measures. Men's soccer (n=23) and ice hockey (n=20), and also women's volleyball (n=15) and water polo (13) players ranged in age from 16 to 18 years (M age=17.17, SD=.85). Each team was a finalist in last year's national championship for their age group. The instruments used in this study included the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2 (PMCSQ-2), The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS), and the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 (ACSI-28). Cooperative learning does not tend to be high, as one would expect in elite team players. Ice hockey and soccer players usually had higher psychometric measures than water polo and volleyball players. Also, male athletes demonstrate better ACSI-28, PMCSQ-2, and SMS measures than their female counterparts in many of the variables. Amotivation seems to be the most important decisive factor both among team sports and male and female participants. Also, our results prove that there are major differences between young elite male and female team players, so coaches' work in most aspects of their work should be gender-specific. Coaches of youth teams have to understand the motivational factors and coping strategies their athletes demonstrate in order to optimally organize and plan the teaching-learning process in their exercises, especially focus on cooperative task-solving exercises.

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R.S., Owoeye, and A. B. Sekumade. "Effect of Climate Change on Cocoa Production in Ondo State, Nigeria." JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 10, no. 2 (June 30, 2016): 2014–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v10i2.4730.

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carried out on effect of climate change on cocoa production in Ondo State, Nigeria. It specifically identified the socio-economic characteristics, examined the coping strategies adopted by the farmers in adjusting to these problems, determined the factors affecting the coping strategies adopted by the farmers in adapting to climate change, examined the rainfall andÂ temperature patterns of the study area within the period of 1992 â€“ 2012 and analyzed the effects of some climatic variables on cocoa production within the period of 1992-2012. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to obtain data from 180 cocoa farmers that were purposively selected from 3 Local Government Areas in Ondo State being the highest producers it the State, these are; Ondo East, Akure South and Idanre LGA. Descriptive Statistical Analysis, Trend Analysis, Multiple Regression Model and Tobit Regression Modelwere used to analyze the data. About 62% of the cocoa farmers interviewed observed noticeable changes in temperature while 70% and 51% of the farmers reported increased changes in rainfall and sunlight respectively. Among the most prevalent climate change problems reported among cocoa farmers in the study area were; high incidence of black pod disease (80%), death of cocoa trees (75%), increase malaria incidence (65%),reduction in cocoa yield (63%) and inability to dry cocoa pods (61%). The trend analysis of cocoa production in the study area revealed that there was a sharp decrease in the volume of cocoa produced from 1992-2000while fluctuatingoccurrenceswere witnessed in the volume of cocoa produced till 2012. Also, there was variability in the rainfall, relative humidity and temperature patterns examined within the period under the study. The major coping strategies employed by the cocoa farmers in the study area were; use of chemicals (75%), mulching and planting trees (69%) different planting date (63%), monitoring weather (61%) and crop diversification (58%)while factors influencing coping strategies adoption by the cocoa farmers in the study were; level of education, farm size, access to extension service and farming experience. Keywords:Cocoa Production,

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Mugiya, Davison, and Costa Hofisi. "Climate change adaptation challenges confronting small-scale farmers." Environmental Economics 8, no. 1 (April 12, 2017): 57–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.08(1).2017.06.

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Climate change adaptation issues have recently gained attention for the past few years in Zimbabwe. However, little has been done to explore the challenges, associated with climate change in the country. Therefore, this article explores the challenges affecting small-scale farmers in the Zvishavane District of Zimbabwe in coping with climate change vulnerability. The qualitative research methodology encompassing semi-structured interviews was used to collect data from small-scale farmers and other key informants in the study area. The study portrays that small-scale farmers are struggling to cope with climate change due to resource constraints, lack of access to credit and inputs, aid bottlenecks coupled with contradiction of programs among other critical issues.

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Pedersen, Einar S. "Klimaets plass i norsk historie : En forskningshistorisk oversikt." AmS-Varia, no. 58 (December 15, 2016): 61–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/ams-varia.v0i58.192.

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Based on the threatening climatic situation confronting the world and the fact that Norway’s geographical position makes the country vulnerable to climate change, this article addresses the paradox that climate has only interested Norwegian istorians to a negligible extent. In a historiographical analysis, a review is made of Norwegian historical research over the last 100 years to establish what place climatic effect and climate change has had on Norwegian historical development. The seeming lack of interest for the subject is contrasted with the opposite international situation and the situation in other relevant subject areas. Characteristically, the degree to which Norwegian historians have been engaged in interdisciplinary cooperation has been small. The starting point has been the firm belief that more knowledge about climate and climate change can contribute significantly to a better understanding of historical development in Norway. It is also argued that, because of this, historians have lost an opportunity to extend the possibilities of coping with the climatic challenges facing society.

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Deb, Apurba Krishna, and C. Emdad Haque. "Multi-dimensional coping and adaptation strategies of small-scale fishing communities of Bangladesh to climate change induced stressors." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 9, no. 4 (August 21, 2017): 446–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-06-2016-0078.

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Purpose Coastal and floodplain areas are on the frontline of climate change in Bangladesh. Small-scale coastal and floodplain fishing communities of the country face a host of cross-scale stressors continually, some induced by climate change, and they have developed coping and adaption strategies based on customary social and experiential learnings. This paper aims to examine the coping and adaptation strategies that small-scale fishing communities undertake in the face of stresses including climate change and variability. Design/methodology/approach This research takes a nuanced ethnographic-oriented approach based on around two-year-long field study in two coastal and floodplain fishing villages, represented by two distinct ethnic groups. The study adopts direct observational methods to denote the ways small-scale fishing communities address the arrays of stressors to construct and reconstruct their survival and livelihood needs. Findings It was observed that fishers’ coping and adaptation strategies comprise a fluid combination of complex overlapping sets of actions that the households undertake based on their capitals and capabilities, perceptions, socio-cultural embeddedness and experiential learnings from earlier adverse situations. Broadly, these are survival, economic, physiological, social, institutional and religiosity-psychological in nature. Adaptation mechanisms involve some implicit principles or self-provisioning actions that households are compelled to do or choose under given sets of abnormal stresses to reach certain levels of livelihood functions. Originality/value Based on empirical field research, this paper recognizes small-scale fishers’ capability and adaptability in addressing climate change-induced stresses. Policymakers, international development planners, climate scientists and social workers can learn from these grassroots-level coping and adaptation strategies of fishing communities to minimize the adverse effects of climate change and variations.

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Staub, Caroline, Anne Gilot, Molene Pierre, Gerald Murray, and Rosalie Koenig. "Coping with climatic shocks: local perspectives from Haiti’s rural mountain regions." Population and Environment 42, no. 2 (June 12, 2020): 146–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00351-9.

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Abstract Haiti’s agrarian society is highly sensitive to changes in weather and climate conditions. Little is known about Haitian farmers’ perceptions of climate-related risks and their ability to cope with hazards, which may reduce the relevance and likelihood of success of proposed adaptation solutions. We discuss the findings from the focus groups held with 104 small-holder farmers from mountain areas. Farmers in the study area regard the impacts of climate hazards on their livelihood as significant but largely prioritize short-term solutions over long-term protective measures, which potentially increase their vulnerability over time. The study provides insights on local decision processes and potential pathways for discussing climate information with farmers. It identifies the types of information perceived as necessary for informed decision-making. The findings, while in some cases distinctive to the study area, have implications for the design of climate change adaptation interventions in other contexts.

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Alua, Mary Ann, Kenneth Peprah, and Godwin Thomas Wedam Achana. "Better Safe than Sorry: Local Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Activities in North-East Ghana." Ghana Journal of Geography 12, no. 1 (July 25, 2020): 47–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v12i1.3.

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Water is precious and vulnerable simultaneously in the face of climate change impacts. Farmers respond differently to climate change impacts depending on available resources. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of access to water on smallholder farmers’ coping strategies to climate change impacts in the semi-arid zone (Aw climate). Using a mixed method approach, 6 focus group discussions, 10 key informant interviews and 148 questionnaires were administered to farmers. Quantitative data were analysed and presented using descriptive statistics whilst qualitative data were transcribed and discussed alongside. The study found that in coping with local climate change, farmers’ incomes are dependent on availability of water to supplement rainfall. Therefore, communities closer to the waters of the Tono irrigation dam have greater advantage over other communities that rely on waters from dugouts and wells. Also, income gained from farming is complemented with supplementary incomes from activities such as petty trading, carpentry and sale of farmers’ labour on other farms. Availability of water, particularly, during the dry season is a determinant factor of success in terms of good farm produce, income and better coping with local climate change impacts. To help these water-stressed farmers, the provision of sustainable sources of water is inevitable. The government and smallholders need to work together to solve the problem.

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Shi, Peijun, Qian Ye, Guoyi Han, Ning Li, Ming Wang, Weihua Fang, and Yanhua Liu. "Living with global climate diversity—suggestions on international governance for coping with climate change risk." International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 3, no. 4 (December 2012): 177–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13753-012-0018-y.

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Ziervogel, Gina. "Book Review: Coping with climate variability: the use of seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 29, no. 1 (March 2005): 130–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030913330502900114.

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Duus-Otterström, Göran, and Sverker C. Jagers. "Identifying burdens of coping with climate change: A typology of the duties of climate justice." Global Environmental Change 22, no. 3 (August 2012): 746–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.04.005.

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Choei, Goeun, Jeon Geun Bae, Sang Min Shin, and Heek Yung Park. "FLY System of Green Infrastructure for Coping with Climate Change." Applied Mechanics and Materials 260-261 (December 2012): 1156–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.260-261.1156.

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This study aims to examine technical feasibility of the FLY system that was developed for control indoor temperature against change of outdoor temperature based on principles for green infrastructure. The FLY system is a control system that protects inner system from external disturbances by making transition layer. The CFD simulation was used for analyzing change of temperature at transition layer and indoor. It was analyzed that the FLY system can reduce variability of indoor temperature against uncertain change of outdoor temperature.

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Capuno, O. B., Z. C. Gonzaga, H. B. Dimabuyu, and J. C. Rom. "Indigenous vegetables for coping with climate change and food security." Acta Horticulturae, no. 1102 (September 2015): 171–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2015.1102.21.

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Mawritz, Mary B., Scott B. Dust, and Christian J. Resick. "Hostile climate, abusive supervision, and employee coping: Does conscientiousness matter?" Journal of Applied Psychology 99, no. 4 (2014): 737–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0035863.

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Beever, Erik A., L. Embere Hall, Johanna Varner, Anne E. Loosen, Jason B. Dunham, Megan K. Gahl, Felisa A. Smith, and Joshua J. Lawler. "Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15, no. 6 (July 10, 2017): 299–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1502.

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He, De-Xin. "Coping with climate change and China's wind energy sustainable development." Advances in Climate Change Research 7, no. 1-2 (March 2016): 3–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2016.06.003.

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