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African Climate and Climate Change
. Ed(S): Williams, Charles J. R.; Kniveton, Dominic R.
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Description for African Climate and Climate Change
Hardback. Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. This book uses different case studies on climate change and variability in Africa to illustrate different approaches to the study of climate change in Africa. Editor(s): Williams, Charles J. R.; Kniveton, Dominic R. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; RBP; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience and limited adaptative capacity of African society to climate related shocks and stresses. To compound this vulnerability, there remains large knowledge gaps on African climate, manifestations of future climate change and variability for the region and the associated problems of climate change impacts. Research on the subject of African climate change requires an interdisciplinary approach linking studies ... Read more
Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience and limited adaptative capacity of African society to climate related shocks and stresses. To compound this vulnerability, there remains large knowledge gaps on African climate, manifestations of future climate change and variability for the region and the associated problems of climate change impacts. Research on the subject of African climate change requires an interdisciplinary approach linking studies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048138418
SKU
V9789048138418
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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