Sentences with phrase «growing human vulnerability»

Growing human vulnerability (due to growing numbers of people living in exposed and marginal areas or due to the development of more high - value property in high - risk zones) is increasing the risk, while human endeavours (such as by local governments) try to mitigate possible effects.

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This interest grows out of a larger commitment within her work to expose the vulnerability and ambiguity of human existence; themes that she has previously applied to home, family and political violence.

This highlights the vulnerability of many agricultural systems and associated human vulnerability to future climatic changes, as necessary adjustments to farming practices (e.g., using more tolerant crop varieties, irrigation, etc.) are likely to be costly and some of the most extreme reductions in plant growing days are expected in tropical countries with limited economic capacity (Figs 2 and 5).

Here, we assessed human vulnerability to changes in the number of suitable plant growing days by using a common method that distinguishes populations depending on their (i) «exposure» to environmental change, (ii) «dependency» on potentially impacted goods and services, and (iii) social «adaptability» [41 — 44].