Climate change adaptation in Africa :
Oba, Gufu.
Climate change adaptation in Africa : an historical ecology / Gufu Oba. - xiii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in climate change research .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An historical ecological framework -- Rock art pastoralists : historical ecology of adaptations -- Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge : the social and ecological perspectives -- Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade : pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 -- Origin of the ancient well technology : historical hypotheses -- Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics : centuries of adaptations -- The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes : European journal narratives -- Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962 : a case study -- Challenges to future climate change adaptations : some propositions -- Conclusion
9781138013995 (hardback) 1138013994 (hardback)
2013050050
Pastoral systems--History.--Horn of Africa
Pastoral systems--History.--Africa, Eastern
Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Horn of Africa.
Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Africa, Eastern.
Climatic changes--Horn of Africa.
Climatic changes--Africa, Eastern.
Herders--History.--Africa, Eastern
Herders--History.--Horn of Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SF55.H67 / O43 2014
636.08/450963
Climate change adaptation in Africa : an historical ecology / Gufu Oba. - xiii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in climate change research .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An historical ecological framework -- Rock art pastoralists : historical ecology of adaptations -- Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge : the social and ecological perspectives -- Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade : pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 -- Origin of the ancient well technology : historical hypotheses -- Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics : centuries of adaptations -- The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes : European journal narratives -- Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962 : a case study -- Challenges to future climate change adaptations : some propositions -- Conclusion
9781138013995 (hardback) 1138013994 (hardback)
2013050050
Pastoral systems--History.--Horn of Africa
Pastoral systems--History.--Africa, Eastern
Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Horn of Africa.
Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Africa, Eastern.
Climatic changes--Horn of Africa.
Climatic changes--Africa, Eastern.
Herders--History.--Africa, Eastern
Herders--History.--Horn of Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SF55.H67 / O43 2014
636.08/450963