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Rainwater Harvesting as an Effective Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Rural and Urban Settings

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Human societies are known for their resilience and ability to adapt to short- and long-term environmental change. Despite their pragmatism and adaptability, humans could be forced to move and/or seek better conditions for survival, especially when climate change and water availability are at issue. This chapter provides case studies on easy-to-adopt rainwater harvesting applications as effective climate change adaptation strategies in rural and urban settings to increase human resiliency.

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  1. Department of Geography, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

    Ezgi Akpinar Ferrand

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Ferrand, E.A. (2015). Rainwater Harvesting as an Effective Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Rural and Urban Settings. In: Shrestha, S., Anal, A., Salam, P., van der Valk, M. (eds) Managing Water Resources under Climate Uncertainty. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10467-6_19

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