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HERO ID
11195154
Reference Type
Book/Book Chapter
Title
Ch. 14: Rural communities
Author(s)
Hales, D; Hohenstein, W; Bidwell, MD; Landry, C; McGranahan, D; Molnar, J; Morton, LW; Vasquez, M; Jadin, J
Year
2014
Publisher
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Location
Washington, DC
Book Title
Climate change impacts in the United States: The third national climate assessment
Page Numbers
333-349
Language
English
DOI
10.7930/J01Z429C
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Climate change impacts in the United States: The third National Climate Assessment
Abstract
1. Rural communities are highly dependent upon natural resources for their livelihoods and social structures. Climate change related impacts are currently affecting rural communities. These impacts will progressively increase over this century and will shift the locations where rural economic activities (like agriculture, forestry, and recreation) can thrive.
2. Rural communities face particular geographic and demographic obstacles in responding to and preparing for climate change risks. In particular, physical isolation, limited economic diversity, and higher poverty rates, combined with an aging population, increase the vulnerability of rural communities. Systems of fundamental importance to rural populations are already stressed by remoteness and limited access.
3. Responding to additional challenges from climate change impacts will require significant adaptation within rural transportation and infrastructure systems, as well as health and emergency response systems. Governments in rural communities have limited institutional capacity to respond to, plan for, and anticipate climate change impacts.
Editor(s)
Melillo, JM; Richmond, TC; Yohe, GW
ISBN
9780160924026
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