Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa

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Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa provides systematic and robust empirical investigations on the impact of climate change on pastoral production systems, as well as participating in the ongoing debate over the efficacy of traditional pastoralism. This book is an initial product of the Pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Centre for Climate Change Studies, Project Muse
Otros Autores: Mung'ong'o, C. G. (Editor ), Yanda, Pius Z. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd., [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Africa, East.
Pastoral systems > Africa, East.
Tanzania.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries.
Climatic changes.
Pastoral systems.
Africa, East.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures, pl ates and tables; Foreword; About the Authors; PART I
  • Introduction; CHAPTER 1
  • Pastoralism for a Sustainable Future in East Africa
  • An Introduction; An Overview; Understanding the Pastoral Production Systems; Vulnerability and Responses to Climate Change Shocks and Stresses in Pastoral Communities; Pastoral Knowledge Systems and Resilience to Climate Change; Policy Concerns in East Africa in Relation to Pastoralists; Contribution of Pastoralism to National Economies; References
  • CHAPTER 2
  • A Photographic Introduction to Pastoralism in Tanzania by Vedasto Msungu, photographs taken in 2016 in northern TanzaniaCHAPTER 3
  • Understanding the Pastoral Production System of East Africa; Introduction; Understanding Rangeland Dynamics and their Variability in Semi-Arid Lands of East Africa; Pastoralism
  • Its Importance and Negligence; Sustainability of the Pastoral Production System; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 4
  • The Impacts of Climate Change on the Pastoral System in East Africa; Background; Climate Change Impacts on Rangelands
  • Climate Change Impacts on Livestock ProductionClimate Change Impacts on Communities; Sustainability of Pastoralism under Climate Change; References; PART II
  • Vulnerability and Responses to Climate Change Shocks and Stresses in Pastoral Communities; CHAPTER 5
  • Dimensions of Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability in Pastoral Production Systems of East Africa; Introduction; Exposure to Climate Change and Variability; Sensitivity to Climate Change and Variability; Adaptive Capacity of East African Pastoral Systems; Conclusion; References
  • CHAPTER 6
  • Role of Culture and Gender in Shaping Rangeland Management and AdaptationIntroduction; Pastoralists of East Africa; Culture and Pastoralism; Culture, Gender Roles and Responsibilities among Pastoral Societies in East Africa; Gender and Climate Change; Contribution of Culture and Gender to Climate Change Adaptation Traditional Coping Strategies for Pastoralists; Livestock mobility; Herd diversification; Livelihood diversification; Cultural Institutions for Climate Change Adaptation; References; PART III
  • Pastoral Knowledge Systems and Resilience to Climate Change
  • CHAPTER 7
  • The Technical and Social Knowledge Systems of Pastoral Mobility in East AfricaIntroduction; Pastoralism as a Livelihood System; Understanding the system; Perceptions of Pastoral Mobility Patterns; The Role of Pastoral Knowledge Systems in Mobility Patterns; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 8
  • Nomadic Pastoralism and Natural Resource Use Conflicts in East Africa; Introduction; Understanding Natural Resource Use Conflicts; A conceptual framework; Systems-to-be-governed: Areas and reasons for pastoral conflicts; The natural system; The social system; The governing system

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