Master's Project
Area Based Development and Climate Change (Initiated in 2009)
Amanda Bednarz, MS Conservation Biology
Ashwina Mahanti, MS Environmental Policy and Planning
Clair Leighton, MS Environmental Policy and Planning/Master of Urban Planning
Mike Sintetos, MS Environmental Policy and Planning
Nemanja Babic, MS Sustainable Systems/MBA
Sidney Brown, MS Environmental Justice/Master of Public Policy
Adaptation to climate change takes place at the local level. Consequently, local institutions play a key role in shaping how households respond to climate impacts. Our research attempts to determine which institutions can best facilitate different adaptation strategies among rural people, as well as the environmental impacts of those strategies. We have partnered with the World Bank, Stockholm Environment Institute, Latin American Center for Rural Development, and several other research organizations to collect data through interviews and focus group meetings in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru. We will compile our findings into a report to be presented to the World Bank in December 2009.
This project will focus on identifying how development planning can be integrated with adaptation to climate change. The attached document (see "Full Project Proposal" link below) describes the overall approach, methods, and scope of the project.
Please note that the Master’s project will focus on the Latin America component of the proposed work and will not include West Africa. Please note that the final report on the project will be due in Fall 2009.
