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Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
Jan . Ed(S): Hesselberg
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Description for Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
Hardback. Editor(s): Hesselberg, Jan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; RNPG; RNT; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
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 understanding of adaptation on the basis of contextual and generic sources of adaptive capacity.
Focusing on adaptation to climate change/variability is critical because the developmental challenges West Africa faces are increasingly intertwined with its climate history. Today, climate change is a major developmental issue for agrarian rural communities with high percentages of the population earning a living directly or indirectly from the natural ... Read more
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 understanding of adaptation on the basis of contextual and generic sources of adaptive capacity.
Focusing on adaptation to climate change/variability is critical because the developmental challenges West Africa faces are increasingly intertwined with its climate history. Today, climate change is a major developmental issue for agrarian rural communities with high percentages of the population earning a living directly or indirectly from the natural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319314976
SKU
V9783319314976
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