The Future
Questions for Policy and Research
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 13907669 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Bryant Allen (autor correspondente), Harold Brookfield |
| Ano | 1989 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 329-329 |
| Data de publicação | 1989-08-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Mountain Research and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151 |
| Editora | International Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3673519 |
| OpenAlex | W2314578062 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 6 |
This paper brings together some of the main conclusions from the other papers in the collection. The debate about 'famine relief is re-examined in the context of changing attitudes, and it is unlikely that the over-reaction of 1972 would be repeated; indeed, new conditions may make it much more difficult for distressed mountain people to obtain aid in the future. Second, it is then argued that exceptional events-not all of which arise from frost and/or drought-need to be clearly separated from the lesser events, which are more frequent. The highland production and social systems in Papua New Guinea are well adapted to the latter, but major events create subsistence crises. In order to be prepared for future crises, a monitoring programme is suggested, together with close attention to the greatly improved reporting on the ENSO phenomenon. The question of'global warming' and its effects is then briefly reviewed, and it is argued that whatever amelioration might occur at higher altitudes could well be offset by extreme events, at least in the short term. The paper concludes with some discussion of frost, and cultural adaptations to frost, in other montane areas of the low-latitude tropics, particularly in South America. Much less is known about the effects of frost in Africa. There is little literature on the fre- quency and variability over time of the frost hazard in either area, and it is suggested that information from the three long-settled highland areas of the low-latitude tropics needs to be brought together in a comparative framework
Political science · Research Policy · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Psychology · Public Administration
| Citações por ano | 0,09 |
|---|---|
| Intervalo de citações | 1991 - 1994 (4) |
| Altamente citado | Não |