Gufu Oba

Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (eBook, PDF)

An Historical Ecology

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317745914
• Artikelnr.: 41214394

Autorenporträt

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