摘要: Many developing countries lind that their hopes for development are severly constrained by natural hazards. In some cases, the may also be internal conflict, weak institutions or other social economic problems. addition, many scholars argue forces of globalization helping to create vulnerable communities throughout world, but in panicular poorer countries. Clearly, people and these circumstances arc likely it challenging coping with day-to-day existence, let alone adapt climate change, which not even seen as a relevant issue. The field hazards has much offer terms policy experience research output. Much effort gone into examining all aspects adaptation hazards-or put more broadly, vulnerability resilience. Adaptation activity at both "specific" "generic" scale been examined, although concentrated on specific measures. relevance this work shon long term change is examined. It high most felt through an increase weather related A suggestion made situations where neither generic nor approaches show promise.