Climate change adaptation in Africa : an historical ecology.

In the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges. Drawing from rock art, archaeology, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oba, Gufu (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Routledge advances in climate change research.
Temas:
Pastoral systems > Horn of Africa > History.
Pastoral systems > Africa, Eastern > History.
Pastoral systems > Environmental aspects > Horn of Africa.
Pastoral systems > Environmental aspects > Africa, Eastern.
Climatic changes > Horn of Africa.
Climatic changes > Africa, Eastern.
Herders > Africa, Eastern > History.
Herders > Horn of Africa > History.
Pastoralisme > Corne de l'Afrique > Histoire.
Pastoralisme > Afrique orientale > Histoire.
Pastoralisme > Aspect de l'environnement > Corne de l'Afrique.
Pastoralisme > Aspect de l'environnement > Afrique orientale.
Climat > Changements > Corne de l'Afrique.
Climat > Changements > Afrique orientale.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Climatic changes
Herders
Pastoral systems
Eastern Africa
Africa > Horn of Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An historical ecological framework: introduction
  • Rock art pastoralists: historical ecology of adaptations
  • Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: social and ecological perspectives
  • Coastal commerce
  • interior caravan trade: pastoralists' participation ca. AD 600-1900
  • Origin of ancient well technology: historical hypotheses
  • Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: centuries of adaptations.
  • The nineteenth- and twentieth-century environmental changes: European journal narratives
  • Adaptive responses to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities, ca. 1908-1962: a case study
  • Challenges to future climate change adaptations: some propositions
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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