Using historical ecological analyses, this book presents a regional synthesis of pastoralists' adaptations to past environmental changes in the Horn of Africa and reflects on the lessons for current and future climate change challenges.
Using historical ecological analyses, this book presents a regional synthesis of pastoralists' adaptations to past environmental changes in the Horn of Africa and reflects on the lessons for current and future climate change challenges.
Gufu Oba is a Professor in the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. An historical ecological framework: Introduction 2. Rock art pastoralists: Historical ecology of adaptations 3. Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: The social and ecological perspectives 4. Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade: Pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 5. Origin of the ancient well technology: Historical hypotheses 6. Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: Centuries of adaptations 7. The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes: European Journal narratives 8. Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962: A case study 9. Challenges to future climate change adaptations: Some propositions 10.Conclusion
Preface 1. An historical ecological framework: Introduction 2. Rock art pastoralists: Historical ecology of adaptations 3. Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: The social and ecological perspectives 4. Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade: Pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 5. Origin of the ancient well technology: Historical hypotheses 6. Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: Centuries of adaptations 7. The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes: European Journal narratives 8. Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962: A case study 9. Challenges to future climate change adaptations: Some propositions 10.Conclusion
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
