title: The Importance of Boosting Societal Resilience in the Fight Against Climate Change in Central Asia
abstract: Abstract Drawing on post-development thinking, this chapter argues that resilience strategies involving the sharing of responsibilities among individuals and communities will increase the ability of the Central Asian countries to stand up to the impact of climate change. Given that Central Asian societies have a strong tradition of home-grown solidarity movements and locally embedded practices of self-reliance, governments, as well as major international donors such as the European Union, the Wo
journal: SpringerBriefs in climate studies