ISBN:
9781849770750
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
396 p.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Climate Change and Adaptation
DDC:
304.25
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
?This book provides valuable lessons that will improve public policy and the quality of decisions that will affect generations to come.?Richard Moss, Senior Director Climate and Energy, United Nations Foundation?An excellent addition to the body of knowledge on adaptation to climate change from the developing world, which has been largely missing until now.?Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development?This important volume is a valuable effort on adaptation to climate change that needs to be on the desks of those seeking coping strat
Kurzfassung:
5. Community development and coping with drought in rural Sudan:Balgis Osman-Elasha, Nagmeldin Goutbi, Erika Spanger-Siegfried,Bill Dougherty, Ahmed Hanafi, Sumaya Zakieldeen,El-Amin Sanjak, Hassan A. Atti and Hashim M. Elhassan
Kurzfassung:
6. Climate, malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region:Adapting to changing risks:Pius Yanda, Shem Wandiga, Richard Kangalawe, Maggie Opondo,Dan Olago, Andrew Githeko, Tim Downs, Robert Kabumbuli,Alfred Opere, Faith Githui, James Kathuri, Lydia Olaka,Eugene Apindi, Michael Marshall, Laban Ogallo, Paul Mugambi,Edward Kirumira, Robinah Nanyunja, Timothy Baguma,Rehema Sigalla and Pius Achola7. Making economic sense of adaptation in upland cereal productionsystems in The Gambia:Momodou Njie, Bernard E. Gomez, Molly E. Hellmuth,John M. Callaway, Bubu P. Jallow and Peter Droogers
Kurzfassung:
8. Past, present and future adaptation by rural householdsof northern Nigeria:Daniel D. Dabi, Anthony O. Nyong, Adebowale A. Adepetuand Vincent I. Ihemegbulem
Kurzfassung:
Front Cover; Climate Change and Adaptation; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword by R. K. Pachauri
Kurzfassung:
?This book provides valuable lessons that will improve public policy and the quality of decisions that will affect generations to come.?Richard Moss, Senior Director Climate and Energy, United Nations Foundation?An excellent addition to the body of knowledge on adaptation to climate change from the developing world, which has been largely missing until now.?Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development?This important volume is a valuable effort on adaptation to climate change that needs to be on the desks of those seeking coping strat
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Front Cover; Climate Change and Adaptation; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword by R. K. Pachauri
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. A stitch in time: General lessons from specific cases:Neil Leary, James Adejuwon, Vicente Barros, Punsalmaa Batima,Bonizella Biagini, Ian Burton, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Rex Cruz,Daniel Dabi, Alain de Comarmond, Bill Dougherty, PaulineDube, Andrew Githeko, Ayman Abou Hadid, Molly Hellmuth,Richard Kangalawe, Jyoti Kulkarni, Mahendra Kumar, RodelLasco, Melchior Mataki, Mahmoud Medany, Mansour Mohsen,Gustavo Nagy, Momodou Njie, Jabavu Nkomo, Anthony Nyong,Balgis Osman-Elasha, El-Amin San...
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
2. Adapting conservation strategies to climate change in Southern Africa: Graham von Maltitz, Robert J. Scholes, Barend Erasmus and Anthony Letsoalo3. Benefits and costs of adapting water planning and management toclimate change and water demand growth in the Western Capeof South Africa:John M. Callaway, Daniël B. Louw, Jabavu C. Nkomo,Molly E. Hellmuth and Debbie A. Sparks; 4. Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for copingwith variable climate in the Limpopo basin of Botswana:Opha Pauline Dube and Mogodisheng B. M. Sekhwela
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5. Community development and coping with drought in rural Sudan:Balgis Osman-Elasha, Nagmeldin Goutbi, Erika Spanger-Siegfried,Bill Dougherty, Ahmed Hanafi, Sumaya Zakieldeen,El-Amin Sanjak, Hassan A. Atti and Hashim M. Elhassan
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
6. Climate, malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region:Adapting to changing risks:Pius Yanda, Shem Wandiga, Richard Kangalawe, Maggie Opondo,Dan Olago, Andrew Githeko, Tim Downs, Robert Kabumbuli,Alfred Opere, Faith Githui, James Kathuri, Lydia Olaka,Eugene Apindi, Michael Marshall, Laban Ogallo, Paul Mugambi,Edward Kirumira, Robinah Nanyunja, Timothy Baguma,Rehema Sigalla and Pius Achola7. Making economic sense of adaptation in upland cereal productionsystems in The Gambia:Momodou Njie, Bernard E. Gomez, Molly E. Hellmuth,John M. Callaway, Bubu P. Jallow and Peter Droogers
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
8. Past, present and future adaptation by rural householdsof northern Nigeria:Daniel D. Dabi, Anthony O. Nyong, Adebowale A. Adepetuand Vincent I. Ihemegbulem
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
General lessons from specific cases:Neil Leary, James Adejuwon, Vicente Barros, Punsalmaa Batima,Bonizella Biagini, Ian Burton, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Rex Cruz,Daniel Dabi, Alain de Comarmond, Bill Dougherty, PaulineDube, Andrew Githeko, Ayman Abou Hadid, Molly Hellmuth,Richard Kangalawe, Jyoti Kulkarni, Mahendra Kumar, RodelLasco, Melchior Mataki, Mahmoud Medany, Mansour Mohsen,Gustavo Nagy, Momodou Njie, Jabavu Nkomo, Anthony Nyong,Balgis Osman-Elasha, El-Amin San..
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Graham von Maltitz, Robert J. Scholes, Barend Erasmus and Anthony Letsoalo3. Benefits and costs of adapting water planning and management toclimate change and water demand growth in the Western Capeof South Africa:John M. Callaway, Danie͏̈l B. Louw, Jabavu C. Nkomo,Molly E. Hellmuth and Debbie A. Sparks; 4. Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for copingwith variable climate in the Limpopo basin of Botswana:Opha Pauline Dube and Mogodisheng B. M. Sekhwela
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