This paper presents results from studies of exposure to climate change
and extreme events in the Mendoza River Basin in western Argentina, the
Chinchina´ River basin in the Colombian Andes, and the Oldman River basin and
Swift Current Creek watershed in the Canadian Prairies. These case studies are a
major component of an international research project: “Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Americas” (VACEA). This project is very much
interdisciplinary; with social and natural science providing context and direction for
research in the other realm of scholarship, producing insights that very likely would
not arise from a more narrow disciplinary perspective.
