Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters: concepts and cases

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Contents: Foreword PART I: BACKGROUND 1. Introduction Matthias Ruth and Maria Ibarraran 2. Vulnerability, Sensitivity and Coping/Adapting Capacity Worldwide Elizabeth Malone and Antoinette Brenkert 3. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Economic and Distributional Impacts, Overview Maria Ibarraran and Matthias Ruth PART II: DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS 4. Health Impact of Heat: Present Realities and Potential Impacts of a Climate Change Laurence Kalkstein, Christina Koppe, Simone Orlandini, Scott Sheridan, and Karen Tomic 5. Gender and Climate Change Vulnerability: What's the Problem, What's the Solution? Anthony Patt, Angie Daze and Pablo Suarez 6. Income Distribution Effects of Policies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases: The Case of Mexico Roy Boyd and Maria Ibarraran 7. Climate Change and Cities: Differential Impacts and Adaptation Options in Industrialized Countries Matthias Ruth, Paul H. Kirshen and Dana Coelho 8. Climate Information, Equity and Vulnerability Reduction Pablo Suarez, Jesse C. Ribot and Anthony G. Patt 9. The Security Challenges of Climate Change: Who is at Risk and Why? Timothy Gulden 10. Distributional Effects and Change of Risk Management Regimes: Explaining Different Types of Adaptation in Germany and Indonesia Hellmuth Lange, Heiko Garrelts, Winfried Osthorst and Farid Selmi 11. Conclusions Maria Ibarraran and Matthias Ruth Index