Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa

This book presents conceptual and empirical discussions of adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa. Highlighting different countries' experiences in adaptation by different socio-economic groups and efforts at building their adaptive capacity, it offers readers a holistic unders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Yaro, Joseph A. (Editor ), Hesselberg, Jan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Environment.
Climatology.
Agriculture.
Environmental Sciences.
Climate Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to book
  • What's on the 5th IPCC report for West Africa?
  • Climate Change over West Africa: Recent Trends and Future Projections
  • Seasonal variability: Impacts, adaptations and the sustainability challenge
  • An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the rural savannah of Ghana
  • Climate Change, Local knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana
  • Building Bonds and Breaking Bridges: Community Based Adaptation (CBA) as a source of conflict in a northern Ghanaian landscape
  • Climate Change Adaptation, Education, and Rural Transformation in Northern Ghana. Moving beyond an agricultural focus.

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