Online Resource 1. Keystone texts
Deltas
Bunce, M., Rosendo, S. and Brown, K. (2010b) Perceptions of climate change, multiple stressors and
livelihoods on marginal African coasts', Environment, Development and Sustainability 12(3):407-440
Dasgupta, S., Laplante, B., Murray, S. and Wheeler, D. (2011) Exposure of developing countries to
sea-level rise and storm surges. Climatic Change 106(4):567-579.
Nicholls, R.J. and Cazenave, A. (2010) Sea-level rise and its impact on coastal zones. Science
328(5985):1517-1520.
Nzeadibe, T., Egbule, C., Chukwuone, N. and Agu, V. (2011) Climate change awareness and
adaptation in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. African Technology Policy Studies Network.
Revi, A. (2008) Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities.
Environment and Urbanization, 20(1):207-229
Semi-arid regions
Conway, D. (2011) Adapting climate research for development in Africa. Wiley Interdisciplinary
Reviews: Climate Change 2(3):428-450
Cooper, P.J.M., Dimes, J., Rao, K.P.C., Shapiro, B., Shiferaw, B. and Twomlow, S. (2008) Coping
better with current climatic variability in the rain-fed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: An
essential first step in adapting to future climate change? Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
126(1-2):24-35
Fraser, E.D.G., Dougill, A.J., Hubacek, K., Quinn, C.H., Sendzimir, J. and Termansen, M. (2011)
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and
Interdisciplinary Solutions. Ecology and Society 16(3):3
Gupta, V. (2011) A critical assessment of climate change impacts, vulnerability and policy in India.
Present Environment and Sustainable Development 5(1):11
Janes, C.R. (2010) Failed Development and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Central Asia:
Implications for Food Security and Health. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 22(3):236S-245S
Lioubimtseva, E. and Henebry, G.M., (2009) Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia:
Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations. Journal of Arid Environments 73(11):963-977
Mortimore, M. (2010) Adapting to drought in the Sahel: lessons for climate change. Wiley
Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change 1(1):134-143
Prabhakar, S.V.R.K. and Shaw, R. (2008) Climate change adaptation implications for drought risk
mitigation: a perspective for India. Climatic Change 88(2):113-130
Qi, J., Bobushev, T.S., Kulmatov, R., Groisman, P. and Gutman, G. (2012) Addressing global change
challenges for Central Asian socio-ecosystems. Frontiers of Earth Science 6(2):115-121
Sietz, D., Ludeke, M.K.B. and Walther, C. (2011) Categorisation of typical vulnerability patterns in
global drylands. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 21(2):431-440
Thomas, R.J. (2008) Opportunities to reduce the vulnerability of dryland farmers in Central and West
Asia and North Africa to climate change. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 126(1-2):36-45
Thornton, P.K., van de Steeg, J., Notenbaert, A. and Herrero, M. (2009) The impacts of climate change
on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: A review of what we know and what we
need to know. Agricultural Systems 101(3):113-127
Twyman, C., Fraser, E.D.G., Stringer, L.C. et al. (2011) Climate Science, Development Practice, and
Policy Interactions in Dryland Agroecological Systems. Ecology and Society 16(3):14
Glacier- or snowpack-fed river basins
Babel, M.S. and Wahid, S.M. (2008) Freshwater under threat - South Asia: Vulnerability Assessment of
Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi.
ISBN: 978-92-807-2949-8.
Pandey, V.P., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S. and Kazama, F. (2011) A framework to assess adaptive
capacity of the water resources system in Nepalese river basins. Ecological Indicators 11(2):480-488.
Varis, O. and Kummu, M. (2012) The Major Central Asian River Basins: An Assessment of
Vulnerability. International Journal of Water Resources Development 28(3):433-452
Varis, O., Kummu, M. and Salmivaara, A. (2012) Ten major rivers in monsoon Asia-Pacific: An
assessment of vulnerability. Applied Geography 32(2):441-454
De Stefano, L., Duncan, J., Dinar, S., Stahl, K., Strzepek, K.M. and Wolf, A.T. (2012) Climate change
and the institutional resilience of international river basins. Journal of Peace Research 49(1):193-209.