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This case study combines spatial analysis of the Malawi 2008 census with detailed national and local qualitative data analysis focusing on stakeholders and policies relevant to Malawi’s climate change response to generate a better understanding of climate change vulnerability and to influence the direction of adaptation policy and implementation. An emerging body of work (e.g. Guzmán 2009, Balk et al 2009, and the Guzman and Balk chapters in this book) is demonstrating that many of the social and demographic factors shaping vulnerability can be illuminated through analysis of census data. A wide range of data on spatial location, demographic characteristics, housing, services, energy use, education and other critical determinants of vulnerability are reported in the census (Guzmán 2009 and in this volume). Further, in many countries, the 2010 round of census made a great leap forward in the use of geographic information systems (GIS), allowing highly localized analysis that can be linked to the geography of climate exposure (Balk in this volume). |