This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance mechanisms are vital...

Machine generated contents note: I -- I -- PART I -- BEHAVIOR UNDER RISK: GENERAL CONCEPTS AND -- THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR AGRICULTURE -- 1 Expected Utility as a Paradigm for Decision Making in Agriculture 3 -- Jack Meyer -- 2 Non-Expected Utility: What Do the Anomalies Mean for 21 -- Risk in...

Chapter 1. Application of Remote Sensing in the Climate Change Perspectives -- Chapter 2. Land Suitability Analysis for Potential Vineyards Extension in Afghanistan at Regional Scale Using Remote Sensing Datasets -- Chapter 3. Assessment of Land Use Land Cover Changes for Predicting Vulnerable...